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INDEX. 

PAGE 

Up the Hudson 9 

Feriying Around New York 25 

New York's Beaches and Resorts 30 

Other New York Trips 33 

Little Jersey Journeys 35 

Over Long Island Sound Waters 39 

On the Connecticut 54 

Long Island's Great South Bay 56 

Tours By Canal Boat 57 

Out in the Open Off Massachusetts 59 

The Maine Coast : 65 

The Maritime Provinces 75 

The St. Lavrrence and the Great Lakes 81 

Circular Tours 97 

Some Inland Journeys 98 

Coastwise Southward 100 



PAGE 

Adirondacks (The), N. Y . . . . 14 

Albany, N. Y. . . . 9-14, 16, 20, 22 

Alexandria Bay, N. Y ...... . 84 

Allenhurst, N.J 37 

Annapolis, N. S 76, 77, 78 

Ansonia. Conn 51 

Anthony's Nose, N. Y 12 

Arthur Kill, N. J 35 

Asbury Park, M.J 36, 37 

Astoria, L. 1 29, U 

Atlantic Highlands, N. J. . . . 37 

Augusta. Me 69, 70 

Avon, N. J 37 

Babylon, L. 1 57 

Baddeck, Cape Breton 80 

Baldwin, N. Y 99 

Baltimore. Md 101, 102-106 

Bangor, Me 67, 71 

Bar Harbor, Me 65-72 

Barnegat, N.J 101 

Barnstable, Mass 59 

Barrvtown, N. Y 24 

Bath,Me 69, 70 

Bayside, L. 1 34 

Bay ville, L. I 52 

Belfast, Me 65, 67 

Belmar, N. J 37 

Beverly, Mass 62 

Block island . . . .40-43, 47, 48, 59 

Boon Island, Me 66 

Boothbay Harbor. Me. ...69, 70 



Boston, Mass. . . .45, 59-72, 77, 

78, 98, 103, 105 

Bras d'Or Lakes 78, 80 

Breakneck Mountain, N. Y . . 12 

Bridgeport, Conn 44, 50 

Brooklyn, N. Y 13, 27, 28, 

32, 42, .52 

Brunswick. Ga 107 

Bucksport, Me 71 

Buffalo, N.Y 86-88,97, 98 

Buzzards' Bay, Mass 59, 61 

Calais, Me 65, 68, 69, 73 

Caldwell, N. Y 99 

Camden, Me 67, 68 

Campobello, Me 68, 69, 73 

Canarsie, L.I 31 

Canso ( Straits of) 78, 80 

Cape Ann, Mass 62, 66 

Cape Charles, Del 101 

Cape Cod, Mass. 59, 60, 61, 64, 66 

Cape Henry, Va 101 

Cape Vincent, N. Y 84 

Carteret, N. J 38 

CascoBay, Me 65,66. 73 

Castine, Me 65. 71, 72 

Catskill, N. Y . 10. 13, 14. 18, 19, 23 
Catskill 3Iountains. N. Y.IO, 

12, 14, 15 

Center Island, L.I 52 

Chaleur (Bay of ) N. B 82 

Charleston, 'S. C 107 



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PAGE 




PAGE 


Charlotte, N. Y 




84 


Flushing, L. I 




32 


Charlottetowu, P. E. I. 


.7(5^*80. 




Fort Clinton. N. Y , 




12 




83, 


98 


Fort Constitution. N. Y.. . 




12 


Chatham, Mass 




60 


Fort Hamilton, N. Y 




34 


Chesapeake Bay 


...102, 


103 


Fort Independence, Mass 




63 


Chicagro, HI 87, 


W, 95, 


98 


Fort Independence, N. Y, 




12 


Chicoutimi, Canada.. 




8;^ 


Fort Lee. N.J 




11 


Clayton, N.Y 




84 


Fortress Monroe, Va 




102 


Cleveland, Ohio 


.86-90, 


9-< 


Fort Montgomery, N. Y . 




12 


Cohasset, Mass 




63 


Fort Putnam, N. Y 




12 


Cold Spring. L. I 




52 


Fort Schuyler, N.Y... 34, 


40, 


44 


Cold-Spring-on-Hudson , N. Y . 




Fort Tieonderoga, N. Y . , 




99 




20, 


21 


Fort Totten. N. Y 


.34 


40 


College Point, L. I.... 




29 


Fort Wadsworth, N. Y . . . 




34 


Colling wood. Canada. 




92 


Fort Washington, N.Y 




10 


Coney Island. N. Y... 




30 


Fort William, Lake Superior 


96 


Connecticut River 


....54, 


55 


Fort Winthrop, Mass 

Fredericton, N. B 




63 


Cornwall. X. Y 


.15, 20, 


21 




79 


Cottage City, Mass ... 


....61, 


62 


Freeport, L. I 


, . . . 


56 


Coxsackie. N. Y 


....18, 


19 


Frenchman's Baj-, Me . . . 


.71, 


72 


Cranstons. N. Y 




15 


Friendship. Me 




70 


Cro"nest (mountain). 


N. Y.. 


12 


Fundy (Bayof).N. B..69, 


76, 


78 


Croton, N. Y 




24 














Galveston, Texas 


m. 


107 


Darien, Conn 




51 


Garden City, L. I 




56 


David's Island, N. Y.. 


....34, 


41 


Gardiner's Island, L. I. . . 


,40, 


43 


Deal Beach, N. J 




37 


Gaspe, N. B 




82 


Deep River, Conn 




55 


Greorgian Bav. Canada. . . 


,90, 


92 


Delaware Lightship, ] 


Del.... 


101 


Glastonbury, Conn 




55 


Delaware River 




103 


Glen Cove, L. I 




49 


Derby, Conn 




51 


Glen Island. N.Y 




32 


Detroit. Mich 


86-91 


Glenwood, L. I , 




49 


Digby. N. S 


.69, 76, 


78 


Gloucester. Mass 




62 


Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. . . , 


11, 


23 


Goodspeeds, Conn 




55 


Duluth, Minn... 81, 86. 


,94,97, 


98 


Governor's Island, N. Y . 




'^^ 


Dunderberg (The), N. 


Y.... 


12 


Grand Haven, Mich 




95 


Duxbury, Mass 




63 


Grand Manan Island, Me 




69 








Grand Pre, N. S 76. 


77, 


78 


East New York. N. Y 




31 


Grassy Point, N. Y 




23 


East Norwalk, Conn . . 




51 


Great Neck. L. I , 




49 


Eastport, Me 65. 


, 68. 69, 


73 


Great South Bay. L. I. . . . 


56, 


57 


Edgartown, Mass 




62 


Green Bay, Wis 




95 


Edgewater, N. J 




29 


Green Cove Springs, Fla. 




107 


Elberon, N.J 




37 


Greenport. L. I 


.41. 


42 


Elizabeth Islands, Mass 


61 


Greenwich. Conn 




.53 


Erie, Pa 




86 


Gulf of Mexico 




100 


Esopus. N. Y 


15, 


20 














Halifax. N S 69,7 


•6, 82-98 


Fairfield, Conn 




51 


Hallowell, Me 




69 


Fair Haven, N. J 




38 


Hampden, Me , 




71 


Fall River, Mass. 40, 43. 4 J, 47, 


61 


Hampton Roads. Va 




102 


Farmington. Coun. . . 




55 


Hancock. Mich 




86 


Far Rockaway, L. I.. 




31 


Hai-pswell. Me 




73 


Father Point, N. B. . . . 




82 


Hartford. Conn 


.54. 


,55 


Fire Island. L. I 




57 


Havana, Cuba 




108 


Fisher's Island, Conn. 




48 


Haverstraw, N. Y 


.12, 


23 


Fishing Banks. N. Y.. 
Fishkill. N. Y 




35 


Hawkesbury, N. S 




77 


.iti. 20, 


21 


Hempstead, L. I 




56 



Index. 



PAGE 

Hempstead Harbor, L. 1 49 

Heron Island, Me 70 

Highlands of New Jersey . . 36, 38 

Highland Beach, N. J 36 

Highland, N.Y 20 

Highland Falls, N. Y . . 15, 20, 21 
" Highlands of the Hudson/' 

N.Y 10,13,15, 19 

Hingham,Mass 63 

Hoboken, N. J 27 

Hog Island Light. Del 101 

Hollywood, N. J 37 

Houghton, Mich 87 

Hudson, N. Y 10-14, 18, 19 

Huntington, L. 1 52 

Hyannis, Mass 60 

HydePark, N. Y 24 

luterlaken, N.J 37 

Irvington, N. Y 11 

Islesboro. Me 71, 72 

Isles of Shoals, Mass 66, 67 

Jacksonville. Fla 107 

Jamaica. L.I 31 

Jamaica Bay, L.I 31 

James River, Va 102, 105 

Jamestown, R. 1 45 

Jamestown, Va 104 

Jersey City, N. J. 27-29 

Kawartha Lakes, Canada. . . 94 

Kennebec River, Me. . .65, 69, 70 

Keyport. N. J 38 

Key West, Fla 107 

Kill van Kull, N. J 35, 37 

Kinderhook, N. Y 12 

Kingsport, N. S 79 

Kingston. Canada 84 

Kingston, N. Y. .10, 13-15, 20, 22 

Labrador, (ports of) 80 

Lachlne Rapids, Canada 84 

Lake of Bays, Canada 93 

Lake Champlain, N.Y..10, 14. 98 

Lake Erie 86, 88 

Lake George, N. Y . . 10, 12, 14. 98 

Lake Huron 86,90, 92 

Lake Michigan 90, 95 

Lake Ontario 83 

Lake St. Clair S8, 90, 91 

Lake Success, L. 1 49 

Lake Superior. . .81, 86, 91, 95 96 

Larchmont, N. Y 23 

Les Cheneaux Islands, Can. . 92 

Lewiston. N. Y 84, 98 

Liberty Island, N. Y 34 

Linoleum ville, S.I 38 



PAGE 

Lloyd's Dock, L. 1 52 

Locust Point, N.J 38 

Long Beach. L.I 56 

Long Branch, N.J 36, 37 

LongIslandCity,L. I..29, 32, 42 

Lubec, Me 68 

Lyme, Conn 55 

Lynn, Mass 63 

Machias, Me. . . 65, 71 

Machiasport. Me 72 

Mackinac (island and lake), 

Mich :.. 86-95 

Magnolia, Mass 62 

Magnolia Springs, Fla 107 

Mamaroneck, N.Y 23, 53 

Manchester, Conn 55 

Manchester, "^Vlass 62 

Manitouliu Islands. Canada . 92 

Manito Mountain, N. Y 12 

Mansfield. Mass 63 

Marblehead, 3Iass 62 

Marlborough, N. Y 20 

Marquette. 3Iich 86 

Martha's Vineyard, Mass. . 61, 62 

Massachusetts Bay 65 

Meriden. Conn 55 

Middle Haddam, Conn 55 

Middletown, Conn 55 

Midland Beach, S. 1 32 

Milton, N.Y 15, 20 

Milwaukee, Wis 87 

Mineola, L.I 56 

Minneapolis, Minn 97. 98 

Minot Light. Mass 78 

Mississippi River 97, 98 

Montauk Point, L. 1 42 

Montreal, Canada. .14, 7ti. 82. 

83, 85, 98 

Mount Beacon, N.Y 21 

Mount Desert, Me 65-72 

Mt. Taurus, N. Y 12 

Mount Vernon, Md 103 

Mount Vernon, N.Y 23, 25 

Mulgrave, Cape Breton 80 

Muskoka Lakes, Canada 94 

Nahant, Mass 62, 63, 67 

Nantasket Beach, Mass 63 

Nantucket, Mass 61, 62 

Naples (Bay of ), Me 74 

Narragansett Bay 47, 59 

N arragansett Pier. R.I 45 

Narrows (The), N.Y 30, 36 

Navesink River. N. J 36, 38 

New Bedford, Mass 44, 61, 62 

New Britain. Conn 55 

New Bnmswick, N. J 37 

Newburgh, N.Y... 10-15.21.22 25 



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New Hamburgh, N. Y. . . .15. 20 

New Harbor. Me 70 

New Haven. Conn 46, 47, 51 

New London, Conn 41-48 

New Orleans, La 97-100, 108 

Newport. R. 1 4-3-47 

Newport News. Va..l01, 104, 105 

New Rochelle. N.Y 23, 53 

New York. N. Y. .9-55. 59-61, 

65. 66, 76, 97-102, 106, 107 

Niagara River, N. Y 81 

Norfolk. Va 101. 103, 104, 105 

North Beach. N. Y 32 

Northeast Harbor, Me. .65,67,71,72 

Northport. L. 1 52 

Norwalk. Conn 51, 52 

Norwich. Conn 47 

Nyack, N.Y 11, 23 

Ocean Grove, N. J 36, 37 

Oceanic. N. J 38 

Old Orchard Beach, Me 67 

Old Point Comfort. Ya..l01, 

103, 104 

Orient, L. 1 43 

Orr's Island, Me 73 

Ossinine:. N. Y 24 

Oswego, N. Y 84 

Ottawa, Canada 85 

Owen Sound. Canada 92, 96 

Oyster Bay, L.I 52 

Palatka, Fla 107 

Pahsades (The), N. J 9 

Parrsboro. N. S 79 

Parry Sound. Canada 93 

Passamaquoddy Bay, Me 69 

Peconic Bay. L. 1 42 

Peekskill, N. Y -22-24 

Pemberton. Mass 63 

Penobscot Bay. Me 72 

Penobscot River, Me.. 65, 67, 71 

Pensacola. Fla 108 

Perth Amboy. N. J 38, 39 

Petit Manan, Me 72 

Philadelphia, Pa 103, 106 

Pictou. N. S 76,80,82, 98 

Piermont. N. Y 11 

Pittsburg, Pa 98 

Plattsburgh. N.Y 99 

Pleasure Bay, N. J 36 

Plum Gilt, L. 1 43 

Plymouth, Mass 63, &4 

Point du Chene, N. B 76 

Point Judith. R. 1 45 

Point Lookout, L. 1 56 

Popham Beach , Me 69, 70 

Port Arthur. Lake Superior. 96 



PAGE 

Port Aux Basques, New- 
foundland 80 

Portchester, N. Y 53 

Port Clyde, Me 70 

Port Huron, Mich 86, 91 

Port Jefferson. L. 1 50, 51 

Portland, Me 65-74 

Portsmouth. Va 101, 104 

Potomac River 102,103 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 10-15. 20, 23 
Providence. R. 1.40, 44-47. 61. 105 
Provincetown, Mass . . 59, 60, 64 

Prescott, Canada 83 

Put-in-Bay, Ohio 90 



Quebec. Canada 



83, 98 



Race Point Light, Mass 60 

Raritau River, N. J 35, 37 

RedBank. N. J 38 

Revere Beach. Mass 62 

Rhinecliflf. N. Y 24 

Richmond. Va 101, 104 

Riviere du Loup, Canada S3 

Rochester. N. Y U 

Rockaway Beach. N. Y . . . 31, 32 
Rockland. Me. . .67. 68, 70, 71, 72 

Rockland Lake. N. Y 23 

Romer Light. N. Y. Bay .... 101 

Roudout. N.Y 10-15, 20-23 

Rossville. S. 1 38, 39 

Roton Point, Conn 51 

Round Island, 3Ie 70 

Round Island, N. Y 84 

Sag Harbor. L. I 41-43 " 

Sagueuay River '^2., 83 

St. Andrews. N. B 68. 69, 73 

St. George. S. 1 27 

St. John, N. B. . .68, 69. 76, 78. 79 
St. Johns, Newfoundland. 75- 

80 83 

St. Johns River, Fla .' 107 

St. Lawrence (Gulf) 76, 82 

St. Lawrence River 82 

St. Louis. Mo 97, 98 

St. Mary's River, Canada — 91 

St. Patil. Minn 97, 98 

Salem. JIass t'2 

Sands Point, L. 1 49 

Sandv Hook, N. J 35, 36 

Sandy Point. N. Y 84 

Sanf ord, Fla 107 

Saratoga. N.Y 17 

Saugerties. N. Y 23, 24 

Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. 86, 

91-96 
Savannah, Ga 106 



Index. 



PAGE 

Saybrook, Conn 54 

Sa vreville, N.J 08 

Schodack. N. Y 12 

Scituate, Mass 63 

■■Sconset, Mass 62 

Scotland Light Ship, N. Y. 

Bay 101 

Seabright, N.J 36 

Sea Gate. L. 1 30 

SeaCliff, L. 1 49 

Seal Harbor, Me 67,71. 72 

Sebago Lake, Me 74 

Sedgwick. Me 71, 72 

Sheboygan, Mich 91 

Shelter Island, L. 1 41—43 

Shrewsbury River, N. J 36 

SingSing, N. Y 12, 24 

Songo River, Me 74 

Sorrento, Me 71 

South Auibo}% N. J 38 

South Glastonbury, Conn 55 

South Norwalk, Conn 51 

Southold, L. I 43 

Southwest Harbor. Me 65, 

67, 71, 72 

Springfield, Mass 55 

Squirrel Island, Me 70 

Stamford, Conn 53 

Staten Island 27, 32, 35 

Stonington, Conn 45 

Stony Point, N. Y 12 

Storm King ( Mountain), N. Y. 12 

Stratford, Conn 51 

Suuimerside, P. E. 1 76 

Swampscott, Mass 62 

Sydney, Cape Breton I 76-83 



PAGE 

Tadousac. Canada 84 

Tampa, Fla 108 

Tappan Zee, N. Y 11, 23 

Tarry town . N. Y 11, 23 

Thousand Islands. N. Y 84 

Throgs Neck, N. Y 44 

Tivoli, N. Y 12, 24 

Toledo, Ohio 90 

Toronto. Canada 83, 92, 94, 98 

Tottenville, S. 1 38, 39 

Troy, N. Y.9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 20. 22 
Truro, Mass 60 

Ulster Landing, N. Y 24 

Verplanck's, N. Y 12, 23, 24 

Vinal Haven, Me 65, 7'4 

Vineyard Haven, Mass 61 

Vineyard Sound, Mass 59, 61 

Washington, D. C 101, 103 

Watch Hill. R. 1 45,47, 48 

Weehawken. N.J 27, 29 

West End, N. J 37 

West Point. N. Y . . . 10-13, 20-25 

White Plains. N. Y 23 

Willet's Point. N. Y . .34, 40, 44 

Wilmington. N. C 107 

Woods Hole, Mass 59, 61 

Yarmouth. Mass 60 

Yarmoutr., N. S 69, 76, 78 

Yonkers, N. Y. . .9, 11. 13, 20, 

21,23,24, 25 



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T is not appropriate— nor has it ever been— to speak of 
the Hudson as the "' Rhine of America." Such a phrase 
does far too Uttle justice. The river that is I'eihaps 
the most famous scenicallj' and historically of all the 
rivers of the Westeni Continent need not borrow any 
of the glories of the Rhine-land. It is the " Hudson of 
America"— an all-sufficient claim— and tradition and beauty to- 
gether have woven into it an interest that is uuexanpled. 

^'o stretch of water in all this country opens up greater touring 
possibilities. Navigable for more than 150 miles, by night and by day 





STORM KING, HUDSON RIVER. 

it is steamed over by some of the finest steamers in the world— 
literally. It is not until one has traveled extensively in Europe that 
he comes to realize the superiority of these American boats of the 
Hudson, Long Island Sound and the Great Lakes. Morning, after- 
nooQ and evening, very nearly every hour, there is some steamboat 
leaving New York to pass the Palisades and proceed north, 
perhaps to Albany, or the head of practical navigation, Troy, 
perhaps but a few miles up, 

Altogether, there are some 12 Hudson River journeys that may 
be made, with Ne^v York as their starting point. At Yonkers, 



10 Water Exploring. 

West Point. NewburgK, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, R^ond- 
out, Albarvy, Troy, aucl other towus and cities along the river 
bank, these boats may be taken and reverse tours or partial tours 
made. From Albany or Troy, by way of railroad or trolley, the 
Lak.ke George and Lake CKampIaLin country, rich in steam- 
boat traveling, may be reached. (See Index.) 

But of itself the Hudson is enough. With the journeys over it 
near at hand to the great centre of New York it accommodates 
itself to the slimmest poeketbook. Tours of a night, a day, half a day, 
or even a few hours, are what it has to offer, none of them costly 
ones, all beautiful to the eye, entfrtaining to the mind with their 
historic memories. 

There is little of exaggeration in saying that nearly every foot of 
the Hudson's east bank and no small part of the wescern has some his- 
tory of its own, and that each turn of the river for the first 80 miles 
briiigs forward some lovelier picture and view. Above Poughkeepsie 
the mountains and the high ground come to an end and there is 
no longer the grandeur of the early stages. Yet even here traditions 
mark out many a spot, and the river is still a noble one. 

West Point is 50 miles from Manhattan Island ; Ne^vburgh, 
60 ; Poughkeepsie, (^5. Kingston and Catskill, the two gates 
to the Catskill Movintains that lie to the west, are respectively 
90 and 115. Hudson is 120 miles up, and Albany 150. Just below 
West Point begin the famous " Highlands of the Hudson," 
where the river cuts through forbidding movmtain sides for miles. 
These Highlands are the Hudson's scenic climax, 

A hundred and more paragraphs might be written on the history 
an<l the view points of the Hudson, and vet the story be left in great 
part untold. For the Water Explorer what is most important about 
the river will be briefly, concisely set down here, 

Hendrik Hudson, first of all white men, sailed up it, as is well 
known, endeavoring to find a northwest passage to India. The way 
to India he never discovered, but the news he brought back was of 
far greater moment to the merchants of Holland, and they seized 
upon this river, establishing a trading post where Albany now 
stands (Fort Orange) and another on the lower end of 3Ianbattan 
Island (New Amsterdam). Thus the Hudson is really responsible 
for New York, the beginning of its commercial supremacy. 

It is no bad starting of a water tour, morning, afternoon or at sun- 
set, to cast loose and steam away past the Hudson's portion of New 
York's water front. Great docks are now commencing to take the 
place of the old piers, and many more are to follow. These few miles 
will soon be one of the coast line triumphs of the commercial world. 
Docks and ships have scarcely begun to dwindle before the steam- 
boat is opposite Grant's tomb, that white-domed mausoleum on a 
green sward, with the Palisades now stretching up northward on the 
river's west side. 

Over to the east of the high ground where the Tomb stands is Har- 
lem Plain, now covered with apartment houses and hotels, where the 
Blue and Buff made a stand after the unfortunate Battle of Long 
Island in Revolutionary days, and further up, almost on Manhattan 
Island's northern tip, is the site of Fort Washington. Across the 



Uj) the Hudson. 



11 



river is the site of Fort Lee, and it was just above here, probablj- at 
a point close to Alpine on the Palisades, that Washington trans- 
ported his troops over into Jersey after the conflict at White Plains. 

Tuus history starts the Hudson trips with no uncertain note. 
Yonkers (perched on the hillside, like nearly every Hudson River 
town) goes back to 1643 and is thoroughly Dutch. It got its name 
from Patroon Van der Donck, and has as its boast the Phillipse 
Manor House. But a little to the north of it, and also on the river's 
east bank, is Dobbs Ferry. In the old Livingston Mansion here 
the campaign of Yorktown was planned, and in front of the Mansion 
now stands a monument to Washington and Kochambeau (for 
many interesting historical details see R^oute 41*, "Trolley Ex- 
ploring"). 

To Irvington is but a few turns of the paddle wheels further, 
and at this point of the trip your true blue American doflfs his hat. 
Irvirvgton stands for the Washington Irving of the literature of the 
English tongue, and close to the river bank Sunny side, his home. 




A HUDSON RIVER DAY '"CRUISER.'" 

yet remains, scarcely changed through all the years. In Revolu- 
tionary days this was Wolfert's Roost, from which Jacob Van 
Tassel and his men fought the Cow Boys and the Skinners. 

About Irvington the charm of the Hudson comm-nces to be fully 
felt. Here the river widens into Tappan Bay or Ta.ppaLrv Zee 
or Sea, almost a lake in the river's midst. Ahead the dim outlines 
of the first of the Highlands can be seen. Ta>.rrytown, Tarwee- 
town, is now passed, with its Pocantico Creek and its Sleepy Hollow 
Church, its old Colonial mill, all the same as in bygone times. 

But with the story of the Hudson even the sedate hand-book pen 
runs away. Only the bare mention of places and a hint of their 
history can be given. 

Andre, English major, was captured in Ta.rrytowrv. He was 
hanged on the hills just back of Piermont across Tappan Zee. 
There is Nyack, a modern suburban town on the west bank, just 



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Water Exploring 



to Pierraont's north, and then the way leads under Hook Mountain, 
first passing: Sing Sing and its easily visible prison and Teller's 
Point where the sloop Vulture laid to for Andre, into Haverstraw 

And now the Highlands, with their Stony Point, reminscent of 
"■ Mad "' Anthony Wayne, Verplanck's Point, the Dunderberg and the 
Manito Mountains (the gateway to the south), the sites of Forts 
Independence, Clinton and Montgomery, the mountain of Anthony's 
Nose where one of the chains was swung across the river during the 
Revolution. Fort Constitution on the east bank (on an island after- 
wards made famous bv the Warner sisters, one of whom wrote 
■■ The Wide, Wide World "), and West Point and Fort Putnam, 
with Mt, Taurus, Breakneck, Storm King and Cro'nest guarding the 
northern approach. 

The series of pictures alone is wonderful, and from the heights of 
West Point the essence of all the Hudson's scenic and romantic 
beauty is to be had. Nor must the modern phase of West Point as 
the great American Military Academy and the place of all places 
for a summer day's touring and stopping be forgotten. 

Washmgton's Headquarters is the sight of Newburgh, and along 
here the river broadens into another of its lakes. 

Poughkeepsie is now a famous Hudson River city. At FisKkill 
just below was laid the scene of Cooper's " Spv ", and at Rondout 
is one of the earliest settlements, a Dutch trading post that started 
m 1614. Tue first steamboat, bulton's Clermont, was built in the 
bay just to the south of Tivoli. 

Hudson, another of the river's cities, has no sooner been 
reached, than the Water Explorer has facing him Catskid-land, 
where Rip Van Winkle bowled and lost twenty years of his life. 
From now on the river banks are more especially old Dutch ter- 
ritory, where President Van Buren came from ( KinderKook itself 
is passed and Schodack, a council place of the ftlohegan Indi- 
ans long before old Dutch days.) 

Albany needs a visit, for many reasons. In both the historic and 

the modern sense it 
is a noble city. 16! 2 
was the date of its 
founding, and it was 
first called Beaver- 
vvyck, tnen Fort Or- 
ange. In plain view 
of the boats, just 
before the city is 
reached, is the 31anor 
House of Van Rens- 
selaer, going back to 
1642. It is said that 
"Yankee Doodle ' 
was composed within 
its walls. 

Troy is a great 
manufacturing city. 
From Albany on to 
Lake George (take 
trolley cars from Albany) is a rich and interesting Revolutionary 
country, a splendid tour for a day (see "Trolley Exploring," 
under Albany). 




BOSTON LIGHT. 



Up the Hudson. 



JOURNEY I. Between New 

York a-nd Albany by da.ylight on the 
Hudson R.iver Da^y Line Steamers. ''New 
York" a^nd "Albany," touching at Yon- 
kers. West Point, Newburgh, Pough- 
keepsie, Kingston Point, CaLtskill, Hud- 
son. A full day's trip — 8.40 A. M. to 
6.10 P. M. Combination day excursion 
trips may also be ma.de from New 
York to West Point, Newburgh or Pough- 
keepsie, thence returning by the dow^n 
boa-t to New York; from Alba.ny to 
Hudson, Catskill or Kingston Point, 
ret\irning by the up boat to Albany. 



A day on the fTudsoa, from breakfast to the dinrer hour, either 
over the river s full lens^th bat ween metiopolis and State Capitol, 
or else part way and returning at sunset to the starting point is 
what these famous boats provide for the Water Explorer. Start- 
ing from New York the glories of the HigKlands of the Hvid- 
sorv are seen in the full light of mid-day. Going north the start 
is made at 8.40 4.M. (Desbrofcses street. New York); Brooklyn (by 
way of Annex, foot of Fulton street), 8 o'clock; West Twenty-second 
street. North River, 9.00 ; West 129th street, N. R., at 9.15. Yonk- 
ers is reached at 9.45, West Point at 11.50, Newburgh, 12.25, 
Poughkeepsie, 1.15 P.M.. Albany, 6.10. Going south. Albany 
is left at 8.30 A.M., Hudson is touched at 10.40, Povighkeepsie 
at 1.20, West Point at 2.50, the pier at the foot of Desbrosses 
street. New York, being gained at 6 o'clock in the evening. 

Their size, if nothing else, would make these boats objects of 
especial interest to the tourist. Each hns a license for carrying 
2,500 passengers, and both are elegantly titted up. They carry no 
freight, and are steamers of a purely American type, open and of 
a vast deck capacity, 341 and 325 feet long, respectively, and of 74 
and 75 foot beam. A feature of these boats are their elaborate 
saloons and decorations. 

There are private parlors to be had at a cost of S5. Meals are 
served aboard from 7 A.M., and a table d'hote breakfast until 
9.30 A.M. (75 cents), a table d'hote dinner from 11 to 3 o'clock 
($1.00). Besides these accommodations there is a lunch room on 
each boat for lighter refreshments, including coffee and sandwiches. 



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Water Exploring. 




LANDING AT NEWBURGH, HUDSON RIVER. 



open all day. From 
the tables of the res- 
taurants an excellent 
view of the i-iver is 
offered. 

Between New 
York and Albany 
the fares are $2.00; 
round trip $3.50. No 
Sunday trips are 
made ; the last run 
for 1902 will be 
from Albarvy Octo- 
ber 20th, from New 
York October 18. 

Not the least agree- 
able way to tour the 
Hudson by these 
is to take one of the combiBation trips from either New^ 
York or Albany, proceeding part way up or down the river, 
stopping off and returning by tlie other boat of the line. These 
possible combinations are: 

New York to West Point. Spend three hours here and take 
south bound steamer back. Aiuple time to view all the sights of the 
iMilitary Academy. Excursion fare, $1.00; excursion returning by 
train from West Point $1.50. 

New York to Newbvirgh. A stop of an hour and fifty min- 
utes. Washington's Headquarters can be visited. Dine at United 
States Hotel in Newburgh (opposite landing, 50 cents), or at the 
Palatine, a famous new hotel of the Hudson Valley (free bus). Re- 
turn in south bound boat. Excursion fare, $1.00; excursion, return- 
ing by train, $1.75. 

New York to Povighvkeepsie. Direct and immediate connec- 
tion with boat returning. Excursion fare, $1 .50. 

Albany to Hvidson. 5 hours wait over. Returning in north 
bound boat. Excursion fare, 75 cents. 

Albany to Ca^tskill. Spend four hours and 25 minuies in 
CaLtskill, returning in north bound boat. Excursion fare, 75 
cents. 

Albany to Kingston Point. Arrive at Kingston Point, 
leave on return to Albany 2.10, Excursion fare, $1.00. 

This is also one of the noted routes to the Ca>.tskills. and by train 
from Albany to the La^ke George and La^ke Cha^mplain 
steamers, to the A^irondacks and to MontreaLl. 



Up the HudFion. 



JOUR.NEY II. Between New 

York a^nd Kingston on StesLmer "Mary 
Powell," stopping at Highland Falls. 
(Cra-nston's), West Point, Cornwall, New- 
burgh, New Hamburgh, Milton, Pough- 
keepsie, Esopus, Kingston (R^ondovit). A 
la^te afternoon trip, pa^ssing through the 
Highla^nds just before sunset. On Sat- 
urdays, leaving at 1.45 instesvd of 3.15 P. 
M., there is a. possible combination trip 
to West Point and return by Stea-mer 
*• R^amsdell," or by railroad. 



Journey 1 covered the Hudson by day; this steamer traverses the 
historic and beautiful wateis of the Highlands just at evening. 
The " Mary Powell " has been for a generation one of the most cele- 
brated of tourist craft. The course she goes over is not long, but a 
5!4-hour trip, from New York to Rorvdout (90 miles), and she re- 
turns to New York the following morning. At R^ondovit con- 
nections are made for the Catskills. Restaurant aboard, European 
plan. Table d'hote dinner, 7ri cents. 

To many the Hudson's Highlands are their loveliest in the 
half lights just before nightfall, and this journey has much to 
commend it. The " Powell " leaves her Desbrosses Street Pier, 
Ne\v York (every day except Saturday) 3.15 P. M., and the 
foot of West 22d Street 3.30, arriving at Highland Fadls 
6 o'clock. West Point 6.10 and Rondovjt 8.45. Other points 
touched are Cornw^all, New^burgh, New^ HaLmburgK, Mil- 
ton, Poughkeepsie and Esopus. In the mornings Rorvdout 
is left at 5.30 A. M. (e^^cept Sunday), PovigKkeepsie at 6.30, and 
New^ York, down town (Desbrosses Street) reached at 11.10. 

Saturday afternoon this steamer leaves 
her Desbrosses street pier at 1.45, the foot 
of West Twenty-second street at 2 o'clock, 
the foot of West One Hundred and Twen- 
ty-ninth street at 2.20, arriving at New- 
burgh at 5.20, Rorvdout 7.25. An ex- 
cursion trip worth the taking is possible 
each Saturday, on the "Poweir''to West 
Point, arriving at 4.45, viewing the Acade- 
my and glimpsing the superb scenes of fishing up in Ontario 




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Water Exploring. 



the river from its plateau, seeing Dress Parade, dining at the hotel 
and returning to New York by steamer " Ramsdell," getting back 
at 10.30 at night. 

The fares by the '"Mary Poweir' are : HigKlaLnd Falls, West 
Point, Corrvwa.Il and Newbvirgh, from or to New^ York, 
75 cents one way; round trip, §1.00 ; het\A-een Milton, New Ham- 
burgK or Poughkeepsie and New York, 75 cents oneway; 
round trip, $1.25 ; Esopvis or Rondout, $1.00 one way; excursion 
$1.50. 



JOURNEY III. Between New 

York aLfid Albany on the People's Line, 
Steamers "Adirondack" a^nd "Dean 
Richmond." A night trip up or dow^n the 
Hudson (Sundays excepted), leaving New^ 
York a.t 6 P. M., Albatny, 8 o'clock. 



Up the Hudson by night is no less fascinating than by day, and 
only those ill or tired go to their staterooms of a summer night on 
these boats before the southern fringe, at least, of the Highlands are 
approached. There is a charm in traveling on these floating hotels 
of Hudson traffic that must be known before it can be well under- 
stood. 

The " Adirondack" and the *' Dean Richmond" leave New York 
from new Pier 32 (foot of Canal street. North River) at 6 o'clock each 
evening en route to Albany. The fare to Albany is $1.50 (excur- 
sion, $2.50), and staterooms $1 to $5. Meals are served a la carte. 
These boats leave Albany at 8 o'clock each night. 



JOURNEY IV. Between New 

York and Troy on the Citizens' Line 
Steacnxers "City of Troy" and ** Sara- 
toga." A Hudson Reiver night trip every 
evening of the week, excepting Sa.tur- 
da.y. lea^ving Troy 7.30 P. M. (6 P. M. 
on Sunda^ys) ; New York a^t 6 o'clock, 
touching at Albany on the down boat 
Sunday night, on the \ip boat Monda^y 
morning. 



Up the Hudson 



17 



Another night route over the Hudson, in the progress of which 
searchlights are thrown from the steamers, making a series of 
fantastic and interesting river pictures. New York being left at 
6 in the evening it is dark before the notable features of the Hud- 



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jj^^^n'M, 



SPOKEN OFF MAINE. 



son are reached, as in Journey HI. This is the hne to Troy, 
making direct connections with Saratoga. Its boats, " City of 
Troy" and " Saratoga," charge $1.50 between the two cities, ex- 



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Water Exploring. 



cursion rate, $2.50. Staterooms are $1.00 and S2.00 each, and raeals 
are a la carte. 

With the exception of Saturday, these steamers leave Ne\v York 
(Pier 4G, foot of West Tenth street, North River), at 6 in the even- 
ing (due in Troy at 6 A.M.). The Sunday night boat stops at 
Albany. The hour of saihng from Troy is 7.30 P.M. (Sundays, 6, 
from Albany. 7 o'clock). 



JOURNEY V. Between New 

York ©Lnd Catskill, aLi\d to a.nd from 
Hudson and Coxs^Lckie. by the Catskill 
Evening Line and the Hudson and Cox- 
sackie Line boasts ** Kaaterskill," "On- 
teorot" and "City of Hudson," leaving 
New York every week day night at 6 P. 
M., with one Sa-turday a.fternoon bodLt 
fron\ New York at 1.30 for Hudson 
only. 



In the number of its tourist craft the Hudson is unfailing. A 
wide field of selections offers itself to the traveler. One of the 
most important points on the river is the town of Catskill, a gate 
to I he mountains of the same name, and this, though to be reached 
in several other ways, by both water and train, has a boat trip all 
iis own. 
Steamers " Kaaterskill" and " Onteora " are the vessels of this 

line, and one leaves Pier 43i 
North River, New York, foot 
of Christopher street, at 6 
o'clock each week day even- 
ing, the other casting ofif from 
the dock at Catskill each 
night at 7 o'clock. For the 
Water Explorer this is perhaps 
the most inexpensive of Hud- 
son River night trips. The fare 
between New York and 
Catskill is $1.00 (excursion, 
$1.70). Two-berth staterooms 
are $1.00 and $2.00, and cabin 
berths 25 cents, Meals aboard 




ON THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 



Up the Hudson. 19 



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PENATAQUIT-CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB HOUSE, BAY SHORE, L. I. 



are 50 cents each. Those who would extend the trip and journey 
up into the mountains, but a short distance away from Catskill, 
will find trains leaving: for all points upon arrival of the boats. 

On this line the historic Highlands are passed about midnight. 

Saturdays, during the summer, a special daylight trip is made by 
the"Oi)teora ''from New York, leaving at 1.30 in the afternoon. 
Fare the same. From Ca^tskill to New York and return the 
same day there is a special Saturday excursion $1.00 for the round 
trip, leaving Catskill at 6 A. M. and New York 1.30 P. M. or 6 
P. M. as preferred. Each summer Sunday night the ''Kaaterskill " 
makes a special trip to New York from Catskill, leaving at 10 
P.M.' Fare, Si 00. 

In addition to this there are possible tours between New York, 
Hvidson and Coxsackie of an evening by steamers " Kaater- 
skill,'' " City of Hudson " and " Onteora " from this same pier. 
The fares are SI. 00 either way, Sl.70 excursion, staterooms Si. 00 or 
12.00 ; cabin berths, 25 cents. From Nevv York the boats leave 
each week day except Saturday at 6 P. M., from Coxsackie at 3.30 
P. M. and Hvidson at 6.15 P. M. Saturdays at 1.30 P. M., the 
"Onteora"" on her 1.30 trip from New York (described above) 
goes on to Hudson ; each Sunday night the "Kaaterskill," leaving 
Catskill at 10 P. M. for New^ York, may be taken at CoxsaLckie 
at 7.30 and Hudson at 9 o'clock. From Hvidson each Saturday 
mornint; at 5.45 the "Isabella" connects with the "Onteora" at 
Ca^tskill for the special Saturday excursion to New York Csee 
above). 



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Water Exploring. 



O^' 



JOURNEY VI. Between New 

York, Newburgh, Povighkeepsie OLnd 
Kingston, stopping at Yonkers, Highland 

Falls, West Point, Cold Spring, Cornwall, ^ 

Fishkill La^nding. Rondout, and New S 

HaLn\burgh, MaLrlborough, Milton, High- S 

la^nd. E^sopus, by the stea^niers "Honier \ 

Ra^msdell," "JaLmes W. Ba^ldwin," "Wil- < 

lian\ F. Ronver" aLnd "Newburgh," of > 

the Centra-l-Hxidson SteaLmboatt Co. ? 

With a daily line also between Albany, s 

Troy and Newburgh. ? 



A lar^e variety of pleasant rivei* excursions of little cost, both day 
and evening^, along the Hudson as far north as Newbvirgh or 
Poughkeepsie or Kingston, touching at all intermediate points, 
and from NewburgK to Alba^ny and Troy. Four boats ply 
between these points and New York, "Homer RamsdeU", 
" James W. Baldwin," "William F. Romer"' and "•Newburgh,"" 
and the Ncav York place of starting for them all is the dock at 
the foot of Franklin street. 

By a little study of the details given below a number of interesting 
small tours can be picked out. The fares are. New York and 
Newbvirgh, one way 50 cents, round trip, 75 cents : New York 
and Poughkeepsie 60 cents. SI. 00 ; New York and Rondout 75 
cents, Sl.25 ; New York and Kingston Poirvt, roun i trip Si. 25. 
For the evenmg trips staterooms cost $1.00, berth in room 50 
cents, berth in cabin 10 cents additional. 

The intermediate Hudson River points touched by these craft, 
though all the boats of this company do not necessarily stop at 
each, are : Yonkers. HigKIa^nd Fa^Ils, West Point, Cold 
Spring, Cornwall, FisKkill La^nding, R.ondovjt, New 
Ha.nrvburgh, Ma^rlborougK, Milton, HighlaLnd. £sopvis. 

Between New York and Newbvirgh each day, boat " Homer 
Ramsdell ". leaves New^ York in morning (foot of Franklin street) 
9.30 A. M.. Recreation Pier. West 189th street, 10 A. M. (Sundays. 9 
A. M. and 9.30 A. M.). Leaves Newburgh on return trip at 6.30 
P.M. (Sundays, 5 P.M.) arriving in New York, W. 129th street, 10.30 
P. M., b'ranklia street, 11.30 P. M. (Sundays, 9 P. M. and 9.30 P. M.). 

Stops made week days both ways, at West Point, Cold 
Spring. Cornw^all, Fishkill Landing. On Sundays there are 



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31 



also stops at Yorvkers and Highland Falls. By this boat a 
good part of the day can be spent at West Point, lunch eaten, the 
grounds visited and dress parade seen, returning to New York by 
the down boat O'ouad trip 75 cents). Another jaunt might be to 
Mount Beacon (leave boat at FisKkill Landing). The Otis 
Incline Railway leads to the summit of the mountain. Four hours 
can be enjoyed here, and the return trip to New York taken. 
Round trip fare $1, including ascent. 

Between New York and New^bvirgh steamer "Newbui'gh.'''' 
Week days : afternoon trip from Ne^v York, early morning from 
Newburgh. Leaves New^ York, foot of Franklin street, 5 P.M. 
(Saturdays. Franklin street, 3 o'clock ; foot West One Hundred and 
Twenty-ninth street, 3.30), arriving at Newburgh 10 P.M. (Satur- 
days, 8 P.M.). Lands at Highland Falls, West Point, Cold 
Spring, Cornwall. Down trip, leaves NewburgK (except 
Sundays) 6.30 A.M., arriving in New York 10.30 A.M. 

Other trips between Newbvirgh and New^ York are by the 
" James W. Baldwin '' or " WiUiam F. Romer,'' which leave Franklin 
street, New^ York, week days, at 4 P.M. v Saturdays, 1 P.M.) and 
NewbvirgK, week days, at 9.3t) P.M. (Saturda.ys excepted). No 








HUMBER RIVER, NEWFOUNDLAND. 



22 Water Exploring. 

stops. The '•William F. Romer " also ruus from NewburgK to 
New York on Sunday eveniugs (leaving at (5 P.M., arriving at 
11.30), and comes up the river to Ne>vbvirgK each Monday morn- 
ing, leaving New York (Frankhn street) at 7 A.M. 

On Sundays the "Homer Ramsdell," on trips mentioned above, 
connects at Newburgh with the ''J. H. Tremper'' at 1.15 P.IM., 
the latter boat going on to PovigKkeepsie and Rondout. 

Between New York and PougKkeepsie. Week day after- 
noons from New York, steamer ''Newburgh." See paragraph 
" Between New York and Newburgh ^ in this Journey, page 21. This 
boat goes on from New^burgh to Poughkeepsie. The " Homer 
Hamsdell " connects on its Sunday trip with the " Tremper."' (See pre- 
ceding paragraphs). For other week day afternoon trips from New 
York take " James W. Baldwin'" or "William F. Romer," 4 P.M. 
(Saturdays, 1 P.M.) 

From PovigKkeepsie down the river the "Baldwin" or the 
•'Romer,"' each ('ay (except Saturday), 6.30 P.M.; on Sunday after- 
noons the " Romer,'' leaving at 4.45 P.M. (in New York at 11.30 
P.M). 

Between New York and Kingston and Rondout— The "Rams- 
dell," "Baldwin" and "Romer" go on from Newbvirgh and 
PougKkeepsie (see above). From Rorvdout the " Baldwin " 
and the " Romer " leave for New York each week day (except 
Saturday) at 5 P.M., and the " Konier " on Sunday afternoon at 
3.30 P.M. 

Boats of this line leave dock foot of First street, NewbvirgK, 
for Albany, Troy and points in between, at 7.30 A.M. each day. 

Special Sunday trip : From Newburgh to Kingston Point 

and return. Steamer "Jacob H. Tremper." Leaves Newbvirgh 
at 4 P.M.. returning leaves Kingston Point 6.00 P.M. 



JOURNEY VII. Between New 

York and Peekskill, An OLfternoon trip 
up the Hudson aLnd an early morning 
trip down, on the " ChrystenoLh/' North 
River Steamboat Co. 



It is the Hudson near by the metropolis, only that is sailed over 
on this tour. Peekskill is its terminus, a three and a half 



UjJ the Hudson. 



23 




hour journey (fare, single, 45 
cents, excursion, 60 cents, and 
the places touched with their 
fares, one way and round trip, 
\ and their time from New 
York, are Yorvkers (15 and 
25 cents, one hour), Dobbs 
Ferry (25 and 45 cents, 1)4 
hours), Tarrytown (by ferry, 
30 and 50 cents, 2 hours), 
Nyack (30 and 50 cents, 2 
hours). Rocklarvd Lake (40 
and 60 cents, 2)^ hours). 
Haverstraw (40 and 60 cents, 
2% hours), Grassy Point 
(45 and 60 cents, 3 hours), 

Verplancks (45 and 60 cents, liX hours), Peekskill (45 and 60 
cents, 3]4 hours). 

The steamer to be taken is the "Chrystenah " which leaves West 
10th Street at 3.45 P. M. (Saturdays 2.30) and West 22d Street 4 P. M. 
(Saturdays 2.45). It returns to New York from Peekskill early 
each morning. 

An agreeable combination trip would be to leave the boat at 
Nya-ck, cross the Ta-ppatrv Zee, by ferry into Tarrytow^n, and 
trolley from Ta.rrytown through White Pla^irvs, Ma.maro- 
neck, Larchmorvt, New R.ocheIle and Mount Verrvorv in- 
to New York (see Rovite 43, "Trolley Exploring"). The cost 
of trolleyiug in from Tarrytowrv is 20 cents to the Harlem River, 
25 cents from the New York City Hall. 



YACHTS OFF ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 



JOUR.NEY VIII. . , 

York and Saugerties, boats "Saugerties" 
©Lnd "Ulster," Saugerties and New York 
SteaLn\boat Co. A night trip. 



Between New 



Saugerties is another entrance to the Catskills, an old town lying 
midway between Rorvdovit and Catskill, and here mountain 
stage lines meet the boats and drive into the Catskills' heart. The 
Savigerties boats make another of the night routes of the Hudson, 
and they start from Pier 43, North River, foot of Christopher Street, 



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Water Ejcplorlng. 



New York. They run every day except Sunday, and leave both 
tiew York and SaLugerties at 6 o'clock in the evening. The fare is 
Sl.OO, round trip $1.50. The landings are Hyde Park, Ulster 
LaLnding, RKinecIiff, BarrytoAvrv, Tivoli. 



JOUR.NEY IX. New York to 

Croton, VerplaLAck, Peekskill. A 4 
hours, 15 iT\in\ites tour in the a.fter- 
noon, by the Morton Line. 



Tliese boat.s make this shoi t run of 41 miles in 4 hours, 30 minutes, 
leaving the foot of Canal Street, North River, New^ York, at 2 P. M. 
The excursion fare is 50 cents ; single fare to Peekskill, 40 cents. 
This is practically a duplicate of Journey VII, except that few^er 
landings are made. A boat <>f this line leaves Peekskill 3 P. M. 
eauth daJ^ due in New York 8 o'clock. 




Up the Hudson, with no stops, to Ossining (the old village of 
Sing Sing) on the east bank. The boat " S. A. Jenks " is taken at 
the foot of Franklin street. New York, at 3 P.M. week days, and 
Ossining reached in 2J hours. A return can be made by train, or 
the "Jenks " taken back the following morning at 7 A.M. Fare 25 
cents. Excursion 50 cents. 



JOURNEY X. New York to 

Yonkers, by the steaLmboat "Ben Frank- 
lin." 



The shortest of Hudson River journeys, and one very easily to be 
made. This boat, " Ben Frankhn," runs only to Yonkers, leaving 
New^ York (foot of Franklin street), at 3 P. M., each day (Satur- 
days, 2.30). The trip takes an hour and a half and costs 15 cents. It 



Ferrying Around New York. 



25 



would be a good idea to trolley back to New York from Yon- 
kers, by way of Mount Vernon. Boat returns to New York 
8 o'clock the next morning. 




JOURNEY XI. New York to 

Yonkers, West Point and Newburgh. on 
Sunday only, by the ** Tolchester," in 
the eoLrly morning. 



A Sunday trip alone, a 50 cent excursion to Yonkers, West 
Point and New^burgh, by steamer " Tolchester.'" This boat 
leaves foot of North Second street, Brooklyn, at 8.15 A.M., Christo- 
pher street 9.15, West 22d street 9.30 ; West 129th street 10 o'clock. 
Returns in late afternoon and evening. 




Ferrying Around New York 

Tl HE woman and man who care for water excursioning at 
I its best will miss much if they leave out of their calcu- 
lations the ferry trips possible about New York, over 
the two rivers that surround Manhattan Island and on 
the Upper Bay. Ferrying for the pure pleasure and 
entertainment of it seems trivial and unimportant enough at the 
first thought. Upon intelligent experimenting, however, it will be 
foimd to have capital resources in it, and pleasure for many a morn- 
ing or an afternoon. 

When you "ferry " (in the " water exploring " sense of the word), 
you do not merely take a boat from somewhere across the river and 
return placidly upon it, or perhaps go back and forth two or thi-ee 
times, but you put your thinking cap on and look over a map of New 
York, noting its long string of ferry routes. Then you combine 
three or four of them, possibly even only two or three, in this way 
arranging a series of little cruises that may prove delightful. And 



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Water Exploring. 



it must not be forgotten 
that some of the most 
attractive of these ferry 
combinations are to be 
made by taking a trolley 
car from one ferry shp 
to another. Because part 
of the journeying has to 
be made on land, a httle 
liere and there, ttiese are 
none the less water trips. 
There are the ferries, 
for all New Yorkers and 
those visiting New York, 
and it must be left to 
these Water Explorers to 
choose from the almost 
infinite number of com- 
binations. But several 
ferry journeys may none 
the less be mentioned in 
detail by way of indica- 
ting and illustrating the 
possibilities of the small 
trips by water that few would think of. 

Ferrying about the city has three especial advantages. One is its 
very small cost. Two and three cents are the general ferryboat 
fares. In not many cases is it more than this, though there are long 
routes that charge ten cents. Twenty to thirty cents will provide 
almost limitless ferrying. A second advantage is that in no other 
way can the water front of New York be seen so minutely and 
thoroughly. In the third place those who tour New York by water 
in this manner, joining the ferrj- routes together by short car trips 
on land, get the best idea possible of what New York is, commer- 
cially, geographically, as to her people and her ways. New Yorkers 
themselves who have never water explored do not know that. 




SEA CLIFF, HEMPSTEAD HARBOR, L. I. 



JOURNEV XII. Ferry trip about 

New York from foot of West 23d Street. 
NeAV York, across to Jersey City, then by 
Annex to foot of Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 
and return. 



Ferrying Around New York. 



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A water journey of but a couple cf hours or so, costing about 25 
cents in all. . It affords a flue view of the " Castle " (the Stevens pro- 
perty) on the Jersey shore, the " skyscrapers "' of Manhattan Island, 
the Battery, the Statue of Liberty, Governor's Island and Brooklyn 
Bridge. Every New Yorker and every tourist to New York should 
take this trip. It presents the city in a nutshell. 



JOURNEY XIII. Ferry trip about 

New York from foot of Liberty Street, 
North Reiver, to Communipa-w (lower 
Jersey City), then Annex to the Battery, 
(WhitehaLll Street, New York), then boaLt 
to St. George, Stotten Islatnd (or boa^t to 
Thirty-ninth Street, Brooklyn), and return. 



This trip is to be made at about the same cost as that above. It 
gives the finest views of the rivers and the Upper Bay. This latter 
stretch of water is toured splendidly by the Staten Island boats, and 
the Narrows are approached. The Staten Island hills form a 
supei'b picture as the boat nears them, and the way New York City 
grows up out of the water upon the return is no less imposing. By 
the Thirty-ninth Street ferry mentioned there is a capital sail along 
the Brookljm water front, coming very close to Governor's Island. 



JOURNEY XIV. Ferry trip about 

New York, from foot of Franklin Street, 
North R_iver, to Weehawken. Then trol- 
ley to Fourteenth Street, Hoboken, a^nd 
cha^nge to the Wa^shington Street car 
there for the Hoboken ferry, -which will 
carry you over from Jersey to the foot 
of either Ba^rclaLy or Christopher Street, 
North Reiver. 



Journey XIV is a pleasing little North, or Hudson River ferry 
trip, a good run up the river from down town, then a trolley ride of 
interest, taking perhaps half an hour— have a care to inquire and get 
upon the right cars — and from Hoboken, back to New York. 



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The explorer will find these trips by ferry much more pleasant 
than he would imagine, for the reason that many of the lines have 
now put '•'double deckers'^ on. These boats move more slotvly than 
the big River and Sound steamers, but the prospect from their 
upper decks is very nearly as fine, and much more intimate. 



JOURNEY XV. Ferry trip a.bout 

New York from foot of Ea^st Forty Sec- 
ond Street. Down the Ea-st Reiver to 
Broa-dway, Brooklyn. From here ta.ke 
boat to foot of R_oosevelt Street, Ma-nha-t- 
tan Island, at adjoining Slip, and return. 



Affording au excellent water picture of the East River of New 
York, of Blackwell's Island, its great ciimiual colony: of the two 
huge Bridges, passing nuder that now being constructed; and of the 
famous sugar refineries, with a glimpse of the Navy Yard. Allow a 
little over two hours for the round trip (12 cents), returning the same 
way. 



JOURNEY XVI. Ferry trip about 

New York that circximnavigaLtes Manhat- 
ta^n Isla.nd completely and brings before 
the eye every portion of the w^a.ter front 
save the northern boundary, the narrow 
Harlem R.iver. While it covild be matde 
in aL single day by starting early it would 
be better to take two days for this water 
joxirney. 



For general interest and charm of scene on a clear bright day, no 
water trip about any city of the world is more fascinating than this. 
It provides for a constant change of boats, with rides in trolley cars 
here and there, varying the toui" splendidly. The route (which should 
be foUoAved closely) is as follows : 

Leave from foot of Fulton street. East River, New York, taking^ 
Fulton Ferry across to Brooklyn. The boat passes practically* 
under the Brooklyn Bridge. Go aboard Annex in Brooklyn (shp 
next to Fulton Ferry) and sail to Jersey City, passing Governor's 



Ferrying Around New York. 



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IsUiud, rounding the Battery, viewing the Upper Bay. At Jersey 
City (Pennsylvania Raih-oad), take boat to West Twenty-thira 
1 Street, New York (up the Hudson). 

\ At West Twenty -third street the first " break " occurs. Take 
I'wenty-third street car or walk to Tenth avenue, thence car to 
Forty-second street, thence car or walk two blocks to ferry, foot of 
West Forty-second street. From here a ferry boat runs to Wee- 
ha'wken. Ti-olle3' cars will carry the traveler from WeeKaAvken 
to Fort Lee, where take another car down the bluff to the river 
side at Edgewater. 
This is one of the most picturesque spots about New York, 




.ST. JOHiN .S HARBOR, NEWFOUNDLAND. 



and must assuredly be appreciated. Between Edge>vater and 
West 130th street, Manhattan Island (just across the Hudson), a 
boat runs. Arriving in New York again there is a trolley run to 
be made across town to East Ninety-ninth street. Walk to the 
river from car, and embark on an excellent ferry trip through 
Hell Gate and into the Sound to College Point. 

A little over an hour's troUeying follows into Long Island 
City and to Astoria. Here a ferry is the next stage of the route 
to East Ninety-second street, New York. From East Ninety-second 
street take Second avenue trolley to East Forty-second street, and 
then follow the water route of Journey XV. Roosevelt street 
is but a few blocks north of Fulton street. East River, where the 
start was made. 



New York's Bea^cKes a^nd 
R-esorts. 



NEW YORK has not merely one strip of sandy soil or 
other pleasuring ground to boast of. Such a great 
metropolis would naturally have several of these 
points, provided its suburbs were touched by sea, bay 
and sound, as New York's are. And the metropolis 
does not disappoint in this regard. Outside of the 
many other water routes from it. it oflfers four or five exceedingly 
agreeable journeys to resorts and beaches, all by boat direct. 

It is recommended that, if possible, the trips in this division be 
made in the mornings or early afternoons, and not on Sundays or 
holidays. In this way all crowds can be avoided. Besides, the little 
journeys now to be considered are at their best just before or just 
after mid-day. Also a very early boat is not to be despised by tour- 
ing womankind. 

As the summer goes on this list of beach and resort journeys will 
probably be found not quite complete, lowards mid-summer 
many additional boats are likelti to be put on these waters if trajlic 
warrants. Supplement this chapter therefore by reference to the 
daily papers. 



JOURNEY XVII. New York to 

Coney IslaLnd, olII water trip, by the boats 
of the Iron SteacnvboaLt Co. 



Hourly steamers to Corvey Island, down the Upper Bay, 
through the NaLrrows, past Sea Gevte. An all-water route. 
Boats leave foot of West 22d street. North River, at 9.30, 10.45 A. M., 
12.00 M., 1.00, 2.00, 3.00. 4.00, 5 00, 6.00. 7.00 P. M. and Pier (new) No. 1, 
North River, half an hour later. The round trip is 25 cents. On 
the return they leave New Iron Pier, Coney Island. 11.10 A.M.; 
12.25. 1.40, 2.40, 3.40, 4.40, 5.40. 6.40, 7.40, 8.40. A very bracing bit of 
sea voyage for children for half a day, starting in the morn- 
ing. One may come back in the same boat, and from its decks the 



York's Beaches and Resorts. 




THK HUDSON, NORTH FROM WEST POINT. 

Island may be sufficiently seen. Or any one of a dozen pleasing 
trolley rides might be taken back. See Routes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 
in " Trolley Exploring." 



JOURNEY XVIII. New York 

to Rockaway Beach, mornings and after- 
noons, by the boats " Gra^nd R^epublic " 
and " Genera.1 Slocum " of the R^ocka.- 
wa.y Line, a^nd a suggested trip from 
Ca^naLrsie QlCTOss Jamaica Bay to Rock- 
away. 



A two hour trip down and two back well out into the ocean. For 
full service consult daily papers. This is the only all water route to 
Rockaway. Two boats run on this line, the " General Slocum " and 
the "Grand Republic." 

They leave West 129th Street each day at 9 A. M. ; West 20th Street 
at 8.40, 10.00 A. M. and 1.35 P. M.; Battery Landing 9.20, 10.40 A. M. 
and 2.05 P. M.; Rockaway 11 A. M.. .5.00 and fi.l5 P. M. Round trip, 
50 cents. A very pleasing little ocean sail. 

Suggested that the return be made by trolley via Far Rockaw^ay 
and JaLtnaLica, thenge directly into Ridge^vpocl or E^ast New 



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Water Exploring. 



York and Brooklyn, or over the hill to the north and through 
FlvisKing into Long Island City, thence to New York. A 
highly pictui-esque trolley run. Time about 2 hours into Long Isl- 
a^nd City, fare 20 cents. See Routes 27. 28 and 30 in '* Trolley 
Exploring," for complete detail. 

It would also be an agreeable trip to journey to Ca>.narsie by 
trolley from the Bridge. Broadway Ferry, Brooklyn (Eafet 23d 
Street, New York), or Thirty-ninth St. Ferry. Brooklyn (White- 
hall Street, New^ York), and thence take the little steamboat across 
Jamaica Bay (tirst eating a fish dinner at Ca.na.rsie) over to 
Rockaw^ay Beach. 




Boat leaves Battery Landing 10.15 A. M., 12.3.5, 2.45, 5.00 and 7.20 
P. M. 




North Beach Steamers run from foot of East 9nth Street, Sundays 
hourly to 1 P. M., then half hourly ; w^eek days hourly 9 A. M. to 10 
P. M. Fare one way, 10 cents. 



JOURNEY XXI. New York to 

Glen IsldLnd on the Soxind, by the boasts 
of the StaLfin Line. 



This is a famous resort of interestingly laid out grounds, aquarium, 
museum, menagerie, etc., and many other features including fishing. 
It has a number of points of difference from the beach resorts, Ex- 



other New York Trips. 



83 



cursion 40 cents. The Starin Line steamers leave pier foot of Cort- 
laudt Street, New York. 9.00. 10.00. 11.00 A. M,; 12 M., 1.30, 2.30, 3.45, 
5.15 P. M. Bridge Dock. Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, 9.20, 10.20, 11.20 
A. M.; 12.20, 1.50, 2.50, 4.00 P. M. East Thirty-second Street, New- 
York, 9.45, 10.45, 11.45 A. M. ; 12.45, 2.15, 3.15, 4.30, 5.45 P. M. Fre- 
quent boats for returning, and additional boats Sundays and holi- 
days. 

Glerv Isla>.nd is beautifully situated on the Sound, close to the 
famous Travers Island of t'rte New York Athletic Club. It is 
near the mainland on the Westchester shore, and is a mot-t pleasing 
family resort. 




Other New York Trips 



OR yet is the list of possible New York water trips to 
points very near at hand complete. Following are 
hints for other short tours, including boat jaunts to the 
fortifications of Sound and Bay, and to the fishing 
banks. 



i JOURNEY XXII. New York to 

P Governor's Island by U. S. Government 
S boa.t from foot of WKiteKa.ll Street. 




This short trip to be made by pass or special permission. Gov- 
ernor's Isla^nd. the military headquarters of the East, is a highly 



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Water Exploring. 



interesting: place to look over for an afternoon. The trip is so short, 
however, that it is barely more than a ferry. Boat runs frequently. 

I JOURNEY XXIII. New York to 

\ other fortifications of Sound and Harbor, 
Fort Ha.iT\ilton, Fort Wadsworth, Fort 
Totten (Willet's Point). Fort Schuyler, and 
David's Island, by U. S. Government boat 
from Pier 13, North Reiver. 



The Government boat that plies between New York and these 
fortifications has no stated times of making trips. These trips are 
irregular. It is a delightful sail, however, to any of these fortresses, 
and passes should be procured, if they can be, for such an excursion. 
David's Island is 22 miles away, Fort Hamiltorv, 8, Fort 
ScKviyler 13, and Fort Wadsworth 8. Fort Wadsworth 
is on Staten Island. Willet's Point is near Bayside, L. I., 
on the b'oiind. It is now known as Fort Totten. 




The shortest of excursions, but 15 minutes each way; excursion, 25 
cents. Steamer "Bay Ridge "* leaves the Battery hourly from 9 
A. M. to 5 P. M. It is a little trip worth the hour it will take. 



JOURNEY XXV. New York 

(down town) up the Ea.st Reiver to As- 
toria, R-andaLll's &^nd Wa-rd's Isla^nds and 
Harlem (East 130th Street) by Steamer 
"Mount Morris." 



Boat leaves foot of Fulton street, East River, daily at 10.30 A.M. 
and 5.30 P.M. The fare is 10 cents, the time to Harlem (East 130th 
street) one hour. The "Mount Morris" reaches Astoria in 40 



Little Jersey Journeys, 



35 



minutes and also touches Randall's and Ward's Islands, where 
several of the largest of the great city and county institutions are 
located. These are interesting to view from the steamer. 



JOURNEY XXVI. New York to 

the Fishing Banks by Steamers "An- 
gler," "Edmund Butler" ©Lnd "J. S. 
Warden," each marking da^ily trips for 
deep sea fishing. 



These three fishing hoats, each representing a difTerent line, and 
independent, all leave central points on the East River, Ne^v York, 
every morning for the accommodation of ocean fishing enthusi- 
asts. The fares on each boat for the day are 75 cents, women 50 
cents. Meals are to be had on board and tackle. 

The -'Angler,'" Al. Foster's boat, starts from East Twenty-second 
street 7.15 A.M., Battery Landing 8.05. The '"Edmund Butler" 
starts from East Thirty-first street 7.30,- Battery, 8.20. The "J. S. 
Warden" starts from East Twenty-fourth street 7.10, Battery Land- 
ing 7.50. 

In addition to the above there is usually each summer a steamer 
that leaves the Battery, fiew York, and the Bridge Dock, Brook- 
lyn, and makes an evening trip around Staten Island. Excursion 
fare. 50 cents. See daily papers during the summer. 




Little Jersey Journeys. 



Two water ways of reaching New Jersey's ocean coast 
and river sides present themselves to the traveler of 
a day and less, one over New York's Lower Bay, 
straight out from the Narrows past Sandy Hook ; 
the other around to the west of StaLterv Islacr\d, 
through the Kill van Kvill and the ArtKur Kill, 
nland to the old Amboys and the Raritan River. 
Each direction has its own advantages and its own scenes. In 



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Water Exploring. 



the former, the steamer ploughs almost out into the ocean, and the 
sea swell is often felt a trifle. This is very nearly an "outside" 
trip. The latter are river journeys almost solely, and the boats 
keep close to land. 

All steam down the Upper Bay to well under the lee of Staten 
Island, passing the Statue of Liberty, giving the most complete of 
pictures of the shipping of New York, and incoming and out- 
going transatlantic liners. 



JOURNEY XXVII. New York 

to HighldLnd BeaLch, Sea-bright, PleaLS- 
\ire Bslv and Long Branch (with con- 
nections by trolley from Long Branch to 
Asbury Park and Ocea-n Grove), by the 
boats of the Patten Line. "Mary Pat- 
ten." •• Pleasure Bay." ** Little Silver." 
**Elberon" and "Thomas Patten," — 
"down the Bay," "throvigh the Narrows," 
" up the picturesque Shrewsbury." 



If a very short cruise in the open, combined with a little stretch 
of river tripping, be wanted this journey to Long Branch will be 

found one of the prizes 
in the category of 
"Water Exploring." For 
in a tour of two hours 
these boats make a run 
across the Upper and 
the Lower Bay of New 
York, and approaching 
the sand-spit where the 
Governmenfs gun-prov- 
ing grounds and station 
are (Sa^rvdy Hook), 
bear to the westward, 
rouctiiiig at Highland 
Beach, passing the 
Highlands of New Jer- 
sey and N a V e s 1 n k 
Lights, and then well in those famous crabbing waters, the 
SKre\vsb\iry River, call at Sea-bright, proceeding thereafter 
to Plea^SMre Bay and Long BraLr\cK. 




MIDDLE HADDAM, ON THE CONNECTICUT. 



Little Jersey Journeys. 37 

The Highlands, neared across the Lower Bay, have few rivals for 
beauty. Long Branch is one of the most entertaining of summer 
places. 

At Long BraLnch, trolley cars may be taken to all the nearby 
New Jersey coast resorts, an agreeable tour of an hour or so— to 
West End, Hollywood, Elberon, Deewl Beach. Allen- 
hurst, Interlakerv, Asbury Pa^rk, Ocean Grove, Avon and 
Belmar. 

For times of starting from New York see daily papers for the 
day the trip is projected. In mid-summer boats run very frequently, 
both Sundays and week days. Piers are foot West 13th Street, North 
River, and Battery. Fares are : Long Branch and back, 50 cents ; 
Asbu.'-y Park and back, 80 cents. 



JOURNEY XXVIII. New York 

to Atlatntic Highlands, Long Branch, 
etc., by boasts of the Central Railroad of 
New Jersey (boats go to Atlantic High- 
la^nds only and passengers are there 
transferred to stea.m cars). 



A second "outside" trip, covering the same water territory as 
Journey XXVII as far as the HigKlaLnds. These boats leave 
the foot of Rector Street, North River, at 10.00 A. M., 1.00, 3.45. 4.30, 
6.00 P. M. (Sundays, 10.00 A. M., 1.00 and 8.00 P. M.). Fares to Atlan- 
tic Highlands, 60 cents ; excursion, $1.00 (time, one hour and a 
quarter). Fares to Long Branch (from the HigKlacnds by 
rail), 11.00 and fl.50. 



JOURNEY XXIX. New York 

to New Brunswick. N. J., by wa-y of the 
Kills a^nd the R.aritan River, by steaLmer 
"New^ Br\insw^ick." 



Not very well known among tourists, but a trip that should some 
day be made. The "New Brunswick " leaves Pier 6, North River, 
at 8 P.M. (Saturdays, 2 P.M. ), and the journey is a four hour one. Boat 
returns to New York at 6.30 A. M. the following morning. The 
return can be made that night, if desired, by train. Fare, 50 cents ; 
excursion, 80 cents. 



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Water Exploring. 



The points the boat touches on its way to New^ Brunswick 
(the journey up the Raritan River is a delightful one) are: Lino- 
leumville, S. I.; Carteret, N. J., Rossville, S. I.; Tottervville, 
S. I.: Perth Amboy, N. J.; SoutK Amboy, N. J.; Sayreville, 
N.J. 



JOUR.NEY XXX. New York 

to Red Ba^nk, N. J., down the Bay a^nd 
on the Nacvesink River, by steamers **AI- 
bertina," or "Sea Bird." 



Three hours of water touring to New Jersey coast towns on the 
Lower Bay and the Navesink River to Fa>.ir Haven, Highlands, 
Locust Point, OceaLtiic and Red Bank. Single fares, 35 
cents ; round trips, 50 cents. Steamers make the trip in the after- 
noon. For time tables, see the latest number of " Bullinger's Guide."" 
The New York starting point is foot of Frankliti Street, North 
River. 



JOUR.NEY XXXI. New York 

to Keyport, N. J., by steamer "Magenta." 



steamer leaves foot of Gansevoort Street, North River, 3.40 P. 
M.; Saturdays, 2.40 P. M. Pier 6, N. R., 4 P. M., Saturdays, 3 P. M. 
Sundays leaves Pier 6, 9.30 A. M. and 6 P. M.— a two hour trip. 
Fares, 30 cents single, 50 cents excursion. Return the next morn- 
ing, 7 A. M. from Keyport, or take back "Holmdel,'' Journey 
XXXII. 



JOURNEY XXXII. New York 

to Keyport, N. J., by steamer " Holnndel." 



The "Holmdel" leaves foot of Canal Street, North River, at 8 
A. M. Returning, leaves Keyport 7 P. M. Time of journey, two 
hours and three-quarters. Fares, 30 cents, 50 cents. 



Over Long Island Sovvd Waters. 



39 




Touching: at Rossville and Tottenville, S. I. Leaves Pier 
6, North River, 10.45 A. M. On return trip, leaves PertK Amboy 
4 P. M. Time each way, three hours and three-quarters. Fares, 
25 cents, 40 cents. 




THE PIER AT NAPLES, ME. 



Over Long Isldcivd Sound 
Walters. 



To New York's west and north is its Hudson; to its east 
its splendid Long Island Sound, bounded on the one 
hand by the coasts of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 
on the other by old sea-girt Long Island, now de- 
veloping with amazing stindes in public esteem. The 
traveler up the Sound from New York finds that 
its beauties begin before the last of the city has been passed. In- 
deed, on the Sound boats that leave New York at 6 P. M., or a 
little after, the first two evening hours on the water, the moments 
up to twihght and full darkness, show a panorama of pictures 
that one must needs travel far to duplicate. 
For the Sound, with its deeply indented shores, its scores of 



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Water Exploring 



bajs, coves, lieadlauds, is one 
of nature's masterpieces. New- 
Yorkers, as a whole, strangely 
enough, do not realize this. It 
is only the journeyer of wide- 
open eyes who sees it. 

Approximately, Long Island 
is KiO miles long, and by the 
time the mastodon steamers of 
many decks that plough these 
waters nightly have steamed 
into Fa.ll River or Provi- 
dervce, they have covered 
moie than 150 miles, or fully 
the distance of from New 
York to Albany. These are 
trips of a far other nature, 
however, fi'om almost the first 
moment in an inland sea; later 
Gardiner's Island is steam- 
ed past, well out in the open. 
For the "Water Explorer" the journeys of the Sound may be 
divided into two categories: those that traverse the entire Sound 
with no "ports of call," through boats to Rhode Island cities, to 
eastern Connecticut, to the ocean tip of Long Island, to Block 
Island ; those that are to local points on the Long Island and 
the Connecticut shores, and are comparatively near. The through 
trips are naturally the more expensive, but even these may now 
be made at little cost by recently established lines that compete 
with the older ones. The tours that may be made near to New 
York on the Sound are legion, and all easy on the purse strings. 
In some ways these little trips are more satisfying than the 
through journeys, for while the boats are neither so handsome, so 
large or so swift, they go closer to the shore and afford moi'e inti- 
mate views. What is lost on them, of course, is the comprehen- 
sive grandeur of the Sound as a whole. 




GATEWAY, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. 



Out from New York the actual entering the Suund is imposing. 
First the county and city institutions on their islands are passed, of 
interesting architecture. In its entire length the Sound has nothing 
to excel Its first twenty miles. To west and east are networks of 
islands, bays and points. On the left hand stretches the water front 
of Westchester, a shore that had much to say for itself during the 
Revolution. The steamers slip, at the narrowest point, between 
Fort Schuyler and Fort Totten (old Willet's Point), notable 



Over Long Island Soimcl Waters. 41 

fortifications. Now tlie Soimd grows wider and opens out. A little 
ways beyond is David's Island, a recruiting station these days^for 
the Artillery. 



JOURNEY XXXIV. Between 

New York ©Lnd Greenport, Shelter Is- 
land ©Lnd Sacg Hatrbor (Long IslaLnd), 
with a^n a^dditional run to Block Island, 
**the island in the ocea.n." This is a. 
night trip over the Sound (except Sa^t- 
urdays — then afternoon), with the Block 
Isla.nd run nia.de ea.rly the next morn- 
ing. Also, a connecting line across the 
Sound from Sag Harbor and Shelter 
Island to New London, Conn. Boasts of 
the MontaLuk Steamboatt Co., steaLmers, 
"Shinnecock" and "City of Latwrence," 
and (to New London) stea.n\ers, "Man- 
haLnset" and "Orient." On Mondays, aL 
specia.1 da.y excursion trip, New^ York to 
Sag Harbor, returning to New York Tues- 
day nvorning by steatmer "Shinnecock." 



Many a charm lies in this water journey to the eastern end of 
Long Island. It may be made short or long. It may cover simply a 
night, with an early train taken back to the city on the following 
morning: or, by taking the supplementary exploring trips to Block 
Island and New Londorv, it may be spread over several days. 

The "Shiunecock" and the ''City of Lawrence" leave New 
York, Pier 13, East River, near Wall street, each evening at 5.80 
(Saturdays at 1 P.M.). Shelter Island is reached at 3 A.M., 
Greenport at 4, Shelter Island Heights at 5, Southold at 5.30 
and Sag Harbor at 6.15 A. M. The boat of Saturday afternoon gets to 
SKelter Island at 8 o'clock and Sag Harbor at 10 P M. 

Leaving Sa^g Ha^rbor at 8 A. M., the boat that has made the 
night trip through the Sound arrives at Block Isla^nd at 11 A. M. 
The boat that comes up Saturday afternoon gets into Block Island 
at 7 A.M. Sunday morning. Returning, these steamers leave Block 
Island at 1.15 in the afternoon (Saturdays, 3 P.M.), Sag Harbor 
at 5 (Saturdays, 8.30), Shelter IslaLPid Heights at 6.05 (Satur- 
days 9.15), Greenport at 9.30, arriving in New York at 7 A.M. 
Fares to Sag Harbor. $1.50; excursion, S2.50; stateroom, $1.(X). 

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For the Monday morning sail to Se^g Ha^rbor the " Shinnecock " 
leaves Pier 13 at 8 A. M., reaching Sa.g Ha^rbor at 4 P. M. Return 
on the regular boat, getting into New York the next morning. 
Full fare $2.00, or returning by rail that night from either Green- 
port or Sag Ha.rbor, S3 00 excursion. 




ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 



The steamers "Meteor,'' and '•'Orient''' plying across Pecorvic 
Ba^y and the Sound, between Sag Harbor and New London, 
stop at Greenport and Shelter Island Heights. The "Orient" 
leaves Sa^g Ha^rbor for New London (week days only) at 6.20 
A. M. and I'i.SO P. M., arriving at New London at 9.30 A. M. and 
3.30 P. M. It starts from New London for Sa^g Harbor at 10 
A. M. and 4.20 P. M., arriving there at 12.05 P. M. and 7.25 P. M. 

The "Meteors'' time tat>le is as follows: From Ne>v Lon- 
don for Sa-g Ha.rbor 8 A. M. (arriving 11.40 A. M ) ; to New- 
London, leave Sag Harbor at 12.25 P. M., arrive 3.45. 

Fares are %\.Q0 one way, Si. 50 round trip ; excursion tickets limit- 
ed to day of sale, $1.25. 

Another route to Block IslaLnd, this is the speediest on record, 
U provided for this summer. It is half train and half water — 6 hours 
to Block Island— but onlj^ Saturdays (July and August). Train 
leaves Long Isla^nd City 1.32 P. M. (Brooklyn 1.19 P. M.), and 
goes through to Montauk, connecting with a steamer to Block 
IsIa^nd, arriving at Montacvik 4.47 : Block IsIa^nd 7.00 P. M. 



Over Long Island Sound Waters. 43 

These trips touch at some points of notable memories. The boat 
u» the Sound, as it turns at Orient Point, sweeps through Plvim 
Gvit, a great fishing: ground. About here is a paradise for yachts- 
n en. But the history of these localities rises to as high a plane as 
do the scenic charms. Southold is one of the oldest and quaintest 
of Long Island villages. Shelter Island was settled by Quakers in 
early Colonial days— Quakers who fled from the Puritans. It has 
the Horsford Manor House, and on Gardiner's Isla.r\d to the 
east and somewhat out to sea, is the Gardiner Manor House, one of 
the most noted. of really old and historic American country homes. 

Sag Harbor was a whaling port. Block Island was originally 
" Manisses." Verrazzano got a glimpse of it in 1524, and Adrian 
Block named it after himself in 1(314. Few places can boast of such 
great antiquity All this region is the place of places for those w^ho 
would get away from the noise and toil of the city into fresh countr> . 
Here from Sag Harbor to Block Island is a glorious expanse of sum- 
mer sea. 

A famous seat of yachting and boating is New London. On its 
river Thames are frequent college regattas. About New London the 
yacht clubs, notably the New York Yacht Club, rendezvous. 1649 was 
the date of its founcling, and its earliest traditions are those of the 
sea. (See Jovirneys XXXVIII, XLIV and XLV.) 



JOURNEY XXXV. Between 

New York and Fa-ll Reiver and Newport, 
by the boatts of the Fall River Line, 
"Priscilla" a.nd "Puritan." Night trips. 



Twelve hours on Long Island Sound in some of the most palatial 
and vast of coastwise and inland water steamers is the story of this and 
the four journeys following. These flee lines of boats form the Marine 
District of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and 
are to day a very favorite means of taking the first stage of any 
journey to the East. At their landings in Rhode Island and Massa- 
i chur.etts they make direct train connections to all parts of New Eng- 
land and the Provinces. 

The "•Priscilla" and "Puritan" leave Pier 19, North River, New 
York, foot of Warren Street, at 5.30 P. M. each afternoon, arriving 
in Newport at 2.45 A. M. and Fa^II R.iver 5 A. M. On the west 
ern trip the time of leaving Fall River is 7.40 P. M. and New^port 
9.15 P M., arriving in New York 7.00 A. M. Westward boat does 
not stop at Newport Sundays. 

Fares are $3.00, excursion $6.00. Staterooms $1.00 and $2.00 each 
and parlor rooms $5.C0 each. Meals served a la carte. Berths in 
cabins are furnished without extra charge. 

These big steamers are worth touring on, merely for the experi - 



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Walter Exploring. 



ence, by tbose who are not acquainted v/ith them. In the spacious 
saloons one is hardly conscious that he is on the water at all. Aboard 
them is famous pleasuring for a summers night, and the tired man 
and woman will find in such httle trips as these unbounded relief 
and comfort. 

For several hours after leaving New York or Fa.II River tlie 
traveler should stay on deck, preferably f romenachng the gr<>at 
length. The Sound landmarks just outside of New York have 
great interest. Points to be looked for are Hell Gate. Throgs Neck 
(on which Fort Schuyler stands). Willet's Point, City Island, th" 
lights of the Stepping Stones and Execution Rocks, the harbors of 
(Jreenwich and Stamford, the lights of Bridgepoit, the lighthouse of 
Stratford Point. All this Connecticut and New York shore was 
settled very early in colonial days (see "Trolley Exploring,") 

Fall River is a brisk manufacturing town, with many foreign 
operatives these days. From Fall River take trolley car into New 
Bedford. For water trip from this latter point see "Out in the 
Open off Massachusetts" chapter (Journey LXI). 




A ST. LAWRENCE BIVFR HOME. 

Newport as (he resort of American Fashion may well be espec- 
ially visited. But one thing should be remembered about Ne'w^port 
—it is not only fashionable It has its full meed of history. Hunt 
out, among other landmarks, its ohl stone tower made famous by 
Mr. LowgfeJlow in the "Skeleton in Armor." 

" Speak! speak! thou fearful guest. 
Who, with thy hollow breast 
Still in rude armor drest, 
Comest to daunt me." 



JOURNEY XXXVI. Between 

New York and Providence by the boats 
of the Providence Line, "Plymouth" 
a.nd "Connecticut." Night trips. 



See Journey XXXV. .These big steamers run' between lhe.se 
points every day in the week except New York to Providence 
Sundays, and Providence to New York Saturdays. The Sun- 
day night steamer from Providence will stop at Newport. 



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45 



Newport's rocks and her walk upon the cliff are famous through- 
out the world. Across from Newport is the admirable resort 
Jamestow^n (Conanicut Island), named in lionor of King James II 
of England. On this island is the Beaver Tail Light, the oldest in the 
country. Near by are the high rocks known as " The Dumplings.'' 

These Providence boats leave Pier 18 (foot of Murray Street), 
New York, at 6.00 P. M., and arrive at Providence 5.00 A. M. 
From Providence they leave at 7.45 P. M., and are due in New 
York 7.00 A. M Fares as in Journey XXXV. 



JOURNEY XXXVII. Between 

New York and Stonington, Conn., by the 
boats of the Stonington Line, "Maine" 
atnd •* New Ha-nxpshire." Connects to 
Boston. Night trips. Trains from boaLts 
to Narragansett Pier. 



See Jourrvey XXXV. Between New^ York and Stonington, 

a week day service only, leaving New York (foot of Spring 
Street. Pier 36, North River), at 6.00 P. M.; leaving Stonirvgton, 
west bound. 10.30 P. M., due New York, 7.00 A. M. On Saturday 
nights there is, however, no boat from Stonington. A Sunday 
night boat takes the place of this, leaving Stonington at 8.45 
P. M., touching at New^ London, 9.50 P. M. Fare, $1.75 one way. 
Watch Hill, ranking high among New England watering 
places, is close to Stonington. Trains run from the boats to 
NaLrra^ga^nsett Pier, second only to Newport, as a resort of 
people of fashion. Point JuditK, noted on this coast, is but a 
little away. 



JOURNEV XXXVIII. Between 

New York and New London by the boats 
of the Norwich Line, steamers "City of 
Lowell" and "City of Worcester." Con- 
necting at New London with tra.ins for 
Boston. Night trips. 



See Journey XXXV. Boats leave New York (.Pier 36, N. 
R., foot of Spring Street),week days only, at 5.30 P. M., and New 



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Water Exploring. 



London, going west, at 11.00 P. M., arriving in New York at 7.00 
A. M. Stoningtou Line boats going west touch at Ncav London 
Sunday nights. Fare, $1.50 one way. 



JOURNEY XXXIX. Between 

New York and New Haven by the New 
Ha-ven Line steamers, "Richard Peck," 
and others. Day a-nd night. Also a 
Sunday excursion on the ** R.ichard 
Peck " fron\ New York. 



Fares, $1.00 single: $1.50 excursion. Steamer leaves New York 
week days 3.C0P. M. (Saturday 2 P. M.) and 12.00 night; leave New 
Ha-ven 10.30 A. M. and 12.45 night. Sundays from New York 
9.30 A. M., from New Ha^ven 3.15 P. M. Time of trip about 5 hours. 
Boats start from Pier 25, East River, foot of Peck Slip, New York, 
close to Fulton Street. 

The Sunday trips mentioned leave from same pier 9.30 A. M., and 
foot of East 31st Street 9.45. An hour in New Haven. Return com- 
mences at 3.00 o'clock. Home in New York at 8 P. M. Excursion SJ. 

New Haven and its college grounds should be visited. Several 
hours can be very pleasantly spent in them. 




Sailings from the foot of Spring Street, Pier 18, New York, 5 P. 
M. From Providence T.30 P. M. Fare. 50 cents. 




Another Une to and from Providence, leaving Ne'w^ York, 



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47 



Pier 35, East River, foot of Catharine Street, just above Brooklyn 
Bridge at 5 P. M. every week day, Providence for New York 

5.30 P. M. Fares $1.00. Round trip |1.50. Staterooms f 1, $1.50, $2. 



JOURNEY XLII. Line over 

NaLrraga.nsett BslY, Providence, Fa^ll 
Reiver a^nd Newport. Short trips. 



From Providence for Tz>.ll River leave 3 P. M. Return 8 A. 
M. For Newport leave week days at 4 P. M, (Saturdays at 9 A. M.. 
Sundays at 10.00 A. M. and 8 P. M.) Return from Newport, week 
days 8.00 A. M.. Saturdays 5 P. M., Sundays 8.30 A. M. and 5.00 P. M. 



JOURNEY XLIII. Between 

New York a.nd New Ha.ven by Starin's 
Line. Night. 



Fares on this line 75 cents single, $1.25 excursion. Leave New 
York, from foot of Dey Street, daily except Saturday, 9.00 P. M. 
Time of leaving New Haven, 10.15 P. M. En route 6 hours. 



JOUR.NEY XLIV. Between 

New London a.nd Block IslaLnd, starting 
a^t Norwich, touching at Watch Hill. 
Through service aclso to Block Isla^nd 
from New York by traLin to New London 
and with Norwich Line steamers at New 
London (see Journey XXXVIII). A four 
hour wa-ter trip by day, by stea^nver 
" Block Island," New London Steamboat 
Con\pa.ny. 



Refer also to Jovirney XXXIV. This is another of the ex- 
tremely fine water journeys of the Atlantic coast almost out at 
sea. Though an independent trip and an excursion of itself, it is 
really a stage of a route to Block Island from New York. 
This steamer, "Block Island," connects at New London with 



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Water Exploring. 



N. Y., N. H. & Hartford train from 
New York and the Norwich Line 
boat hkewise, at New London. 
Fares. New York and Block 
Island bj' this boat and rail, S3.75 ; 
excursion, S6.50; by this boat and 
Norwich Line steamers, S2.00, ex 
cursion. S3.50. 

The "Block Island's'* trips are 
diiily, leaving NorwicK 8.30 A. 
M., New London 9.5c), arriving 
at Wa.tcK Hill 11.00, Block 
Islarvd VZ-^O (the connecting 
train from New York is 5.00 A. M.) Returning, leave Block 
Island 2.15 P. M. On Sunday NorwicK is left at 9.15 A. M., 
New London 10.30, arriving at Block Island 1.00 P.M. Return- 
ing, Block Island is left at 2.45, connecting with express train 
reaching New York at 9.00 P. M. 




WHERE LONGFELLOW WAS 
BORN, PORTLAND, ME. 



JOURNEY XLV. Between 

Ne%v London ^i\d Fisher's IslaLnd, by 
the steaLiners, "Munna-taLwket" a^nd 
"Islander." Little day trips, connecting 
with Norwich Line and Stonington Line 
boatts. 



The " Munnatawket " and the "Islander" make this small water 
tour on Long Island Sound's eastern end each day, leaving New 




IN THE ST. LAWRENCE. 

Lorvdon 7.30, 8.30, 10 A. M.; 1.30, 3,00, 4.15 and 6.15 P. M.; Fisher's 



Over Long Island Sound Waters. 49 

IsIaLnd 5.50, 8.45, 10.30, 11.30 A. M.; 3.00, 5.00, 6.00 P. M. (Suudays 
but two trips are made. ) FisKer's Isla^rvd lies close to the Con- 
necticut Shore and is rather in the sound than out in the ocean. 



JOURNEY XLVI. Between 

New York aLnd Grea^t Neck, Sea Cliff, 
Glen Cove a.nd Glenwood, Long Island. 
Afternoon trip up the Sound a.nd into 
HempsteaLd Ha.rbor, boa^t returning the 
following morning. On Sa.turdaLy a^fter- 
noorv leaves New York a^n hour earlier, 
and goes back to the city the same night. 
Sunda-v there is bl morning sail fron\ 
New York, arriving in New York a^gaLin 
at sunset. By stea-mer "NaLnta.sket," of 
the Montavik Stean\boat Co. 



Romantic and effective in the scenes it brings before the traveler 
this route over the Soimd, rounding at Sa.r\ds Point on the Long 
Island shore into Hempsteak.d Ha.rbor is famous in the touring 
sense. Though but a short journey of the late afternoon it has been 
a standard trip for many a long year. 

Only on Saturdays and Sundays (the trip being made in the morn- 
ing on Sundays) does this boat return to New York the same day. 
But HempsteaLd Ha.rbor is not far from New York, and a 
return could be made from Sea^ Cliff by train at little cost. 

See description in the early pages of this chapter regarding the 
chief landmarks, scenically and historically, of the western end of 
the Sound. This steamer " Nantasket " passes close to all. Up the 
hill from its first landing, Grea-t Neck, a little over a mile, is 
La^ke Sviccess, "■ a bottomless pond'' said by scientists to be 
fed by subterranean streams that rise in New England and pass 
under the Sound. Though but little known on the part of tourists. 
La^ke Sviccess is a most picturesque and charming place. La- 
fayette, on his visit to this country 80 years ago, was driven out here 
from New York and feted on its shores. 

Hempstea.d Harbor provides an entrancing sail. At its mouth 
on the Sound is a famous rendezvous point of yachts, and here the 
New York Yacht Club holds one of its annual regattas. There is a 
good hotel at Glervwood to spend the night at. 

The ''Nantasket ''leaves New York. Pier 13, East River (near 
Wall Street) at 4.05 P.M., week days (Saturdays 1.80 P.M.) and East 
31st Street 4.25 (Saturdays 1.45 P. M.) It touches GreaLt Neck and 
in HempsteaLd Ha^rbor, Sea. Cliff and Glen Cove, arriving 
at Glervw^ood 6.45 (Saturdays 4.25). The Saturday afternoon boat 



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Water Exploring. 



goes back to New York during the evening. The "• Nantasket's " 
trips to Ne'w York leave Glenwood 0.45 A. M. each week day, 
reaching New York at 9.05. Fares 35 cents, round trip 50 cents. 

Sunday mornings the "Nantasket " leaves Pier 13, 9.30, and East 
31st Street 9.45, and returning is due in New York 6.30. P. M. Fares 
the same. 



JOURNEY XLVII. Between 

New York ©Lnd Bridgeport, Conn., by 
steamers •♦Alla.n Joy" and "Willia-nv 
G. Pa-yne," of the Bridgeport Steamboat 
Co. Morning a.nd afternoon trips from 
New York. Night o^nd early morning 
trips from Bridgeport. W«th a " side trip " 
a^cross the Sound from Bridgeport to 
Port Jefferson, L. I. R^eturn to New 
York, if then desired, by the Long Island 
R^aLilroa^d to Long Island City. 



Journey IXLVII offers many possibilities for tripping. Bridge- 
port by this line is 4 hours distant from New York. From this 
nearest of New England cities, there are many fine trolley rides that 




DIGBY, NOVA SCOTIA. 



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51 




may be taken (see " Trolley 
Exploring," Connecticut and 
Massachusetts chapters) up 
the Housatonic Valley to 
Derby and Ansonia (a splen- 
did run), along the shore, 
either east or west, to the his- 
toric towns of Fairfield, 
Milford, Stratford, the 
Norwalks, Darien. New^ 
Haverv is but 2 hours away 
by the electric cars. 

See description of Sound in 
the early pages of this chapter. 
The boats of this line are the 

"Allan Joy" and the "William G. Payne." They leave Pier 31, East 
River (foot of Pike Slip), New York, at 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. each 
day except Sundays (Saturday afternoon boat leaves 2 P.M.), and 
foot East 31st street 3.15 P.M. (Saturdays 2.15 P.M.) The Sunday 
boats leave Pier 31 at 5 P.M. and foot East 31st street 5.15 P.M. 
Fares 50 cents. 
Bridgeport is left at 12 night and 7.45 A.M. (Sundays 9 A.M.) 
The " No-No-Wantuc " is the boat across the Sound spoken of. 
Leaves Bridgepert at 3 P.M., Port Jefferson (Long Island) 8.30 
A.M. No Sunday trips. 



THE HIGHLANDS OP THE HUDSON, 
FROM THE UPPER DECK. 



JOURNEY XLVIII. Between 

New York a^nd NorwaLlk, Conn., by the 
Norwalk Line. Day trips. With ql "side 
tour" to Northport, Long Isla^nd, a^cross 
the Sound by steacmer "Huntington" 
each Friday. 



Starts from foot of Beekman Street, East River, New York, at noon 
and 3 P. M. See Jovirrvey XLVII. 
For details of boat to NortKport see Jovirney XLIX. 



"Rolon Point which lies on the Sound's Connecticnit shore, hut 
a short ways from the ^ortvatKj, *« ^/^^ destination of a good 
Sunday trip from JVeto yorK.' The steamer ''John Sylvester"' 
leaves Battery pier for this voyage, returning in the afternoon. 



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Water Exploring. 



Excursion fare, 50 cents. Time of departure : Battery pier, 9.10 
A.M.; North Second street. "Bt ooKfyn, 9.U5 A.M.; foot of East 
Thirty first street 10 A.M.: foot of East 136 Ji street 10.30 A.M. 



JOURNEY XLIX. Between 

New York and Northport, Long Isla^nd. 
by steamer " Northport," of the North- 
port SteamboaLt Co. Stops at Ba-yville, 
"Side trip" to Norwalk, Conn. 



The " N. 'I'thport " leaves Pier 24, East River, Nevk^ York, foot of 
Beekman Street, daily 2 P. M. except Sundays. Leaves NortKport 
daily 6.30 A. M.. Fridays connects each way with steamer '" Hunting- 
ton" at Locvist Grove for Norwa-lk, Conn. 

Fares 75 cents-', excursion $1 25. Between BaLyville and New 
York, fare 60 cents, excursion SLOO. 



JOURNEY L. Between New 

York and Oyster Bay, three days a week, 
by stea-mer "Sa-ga-more." Day time. 



Lands at Lloyds Dock. Center Island. Cold Spring and 

Oyster BaL.y, 50 cents fare. Steamer leaves foot of Market St., 
New York, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at LOO P. M. Re- 
turns to New York, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, leavingj 
Oyster Ba^y at ILOO A. M. 



JOURNEY LI. Between New 

York and Huntington, L. I., by steamer 
"Maid of Kent," three days a. week. 
Afternoons. 



The "Maid of Kent" leaves New York (foot of Market Street), 
Tuesdays, Tlmrsdays and Saturdays at 2 P. M. She returns from 
Hvintirvgton at 12 noon Mondays and Wednesdays and on Satur- 
days, 6.45 A. M. Time of journey B| hours. Fare each way 50 cents. 



r 



Over Long Islcoid Sound Waters. 



JOURNEY LII. Between New 

York and MaLn\aLroneck ©Lnd New Ro- 
chelle, by steamer "Mary E. Gordon." 
Afternoons. Three days a week. 



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Tuesdays, Tlmrsaajs and Saturdays from New York, fool of 
Clinton Street, at noon. 11 A. 31. from Ma.maL.ror\eck, 12 noon 
from New Rochelle, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Fares, 
one way. 25"eents. 




r>eaves New^ York, foot of Market street, fare 35 cents each way, 
2 P. 31. iMondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Return Tuesdays, 
Thurs'Jays and .Saturdays, leaving Portchester 2 P. M., a 3 hour 
Sound joui-ney. 

< JOURNEY LIV. Between \ 

S New York a^nd StoLmford, Conn., by C 

} stea-mer "Shady Side." Ea.ch week-day i 

S aLfternoon. ? 



A pleasant afternoon water run of 3 hours from Peck Shp (East 
River), New York, at 2.55 P. M.. Saturdays 2.30 P. 31.. 35 cents fare. 
Stops at East 31st street 3.10. Saturdays half an hour earlier. Leaves 
StaLimford 7 A.M. the next morning. 




A fine passenger service and an excellent water route established 
this season to and from thi>- noted fashionable resort on the Sound. 
The "General Putnam" will leave New^ York from foot Market 
Street, North River, and the East 31st Street Pier. 



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Water Exploring. 




JACKSON SQUARE. SAVANNAH, GA. 



On tbe €onnecticui 



JOURNEY LVI. Between New 

York and HaLrtford, Conn., up the Sound 
a^nd the Connecticut R.iver, stopping a.t 
internxedidLte landings, by the boaLts of 
the HaLrtford Line, "Hartford" a^nd 
" Middletown." A night trip. (No boasts 
Sundays). 



SAILING eastward, this journey gives the Sound splen- 
didly by sunset and early evening, and for morning 
risers betimes the very beautiful Conrvecticvit 
River. Touring westward, it presents the Connecti- 
cut by late afternoon and in the early hours of the 
night, and Long Island Sound near New York at 
sunrise. 

Not many better trips scenicaUy are to be found. This leads up 
into Southern New England's heart. And the Connecticut should 
be traversed by those who would be wise in water exploring, 
from its point of exit into the Sound at Sak.ybrook Point past 



On the Connecticut. 55 

iNLyme and Deep River, Goodspeeds and Middle Ha^d- 
da^rn, Middletown, South Gla-storibviry and Glastorv- 
hviry, up to that most entrancing of New England cities, Hart- 
ford, itself. 
I Nor is it only the water journey alone. Hartford and its sur- 
rounding country is a superb pleasure ground. This is the way this 
trip should be made for east bound journeyers. Those touring west 
will, with judgment, spend a daj' in sight seeing in "Sew York, and 
return by the same boat the following night. 

The steamers of the line "Hartford" and "Middletown" leave 
their piers (Pier 24, East River, New York), at 5 o'clock. One way 
fare is $1.50: round trip (good for 6 days), S3.25. Stateroom each 
way is Si. Meals 50 cents each or a la carte. The Cocneeticut river 
is entered at midnight, Middleto^vn reached 4.45 A.M., Hartford 
7 A.M. If application is made in person or by letter several days in 
advance, staterooms can be booked for this round trip from either 
Ne'w York or Hartford. For two people the total cost w ould be 
$6.50, exclusive of meals, and this would be the traLsportation and 
lodging bill for two nights an a day. 

On reaching Hartford there is a long and delightful day before 
the traveler until the boat starts back at 5 P.M. 

Hartford is a fine city for sight-seeing, and there are trolley 
trips for miles aroimd A day of days can be spent in this manner. 
Some of the points to be reached by trolley are New^ Britain;.; 
Lake Compounce, Meriderv, Manchester, Farmingtorv, 
and one of the most beautiful in the entire country, into Spring- 
field. Mass., along the valley of the Connecticut. 

But each and every one of these trips is admirable. For full 
details of them, see " Trolley Exploring." Connecticut and 
Massachusetts chapter, and buy also for very complete particulars a 
most valuable little handbo'^k, "Trolley Trips Through Southern 
New England,'" by White & Warner of Hartford. 

Travelers from the east can use the steamer as a hotel while in 
New York in the same way. This reduces expenses to a very low 
point. There is an even more attractive por.sibility, however. The 
Saturday night steamers either way (not running Sundays) stay at 
iheir pier in both Hartford and New York Sunday morning to 
Monday night. This allows fcr two days of excursioning and three 
nights aboard the boat. Passengers on the; e excursions can leave 
their baggage in the staterooms over these trips. 

Special " Saturday night excursion ■" rates are made for this : 

One fare, with stateroom thi-ee nights $4 DO 

Two fares, w ith same stateroom three nights 6 50 

Three fares, with same stateroom three nights B 25 



Water Exploring. 



Cong Island's Great South Bay. 



JOURNEY LVII. Between 

Point Lookout, Long BeaLch, and Free- 
port (Long IslaLnd). Short trips over the 
Grea.t South BaLy. Boats of the Long 
BeaLch TraLnsportatlion Co. 



VER the waters of the Great South Bay, from Free- 

i ^ port to Long BeaLcK, nil e round nips. Fare both 

^^J ways, 25 cents. A deciJedly pleasant sail over to the 

ocean. At Long Bea>.cK the Long Island Railroad 

may be taken ; at Fi-eeport the railroad, and the new 

trolley system to HempsteaLd, GeLrden City 

and Mineola as well. 

This outlmes a part boat, part trolley and part steam .iourney that 
might well be taken. The Great South Bay is a stretch of water 




ON THE GREAT LAKES. 



that should be seen. Boats leave Freeport 9.30 A.M., 11.30 A. M., 
1.00 P. M., 2.15 P. M., 3.30 P. M., 4.30 P. M.. 7.00 P. M., and 8.15 P. M., 
and returning, leave Point Lookout 7.30 A, M., 10.41 A. M., 12.10 P, M., 



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57 



^.tlP. M.,3.20 P.M., 4.50 P. M., 5.45 P.M., 9.30, and 10.15 P.M. 
l^andings at Hempstead Bay Yacht Club, Denton's and Prospect 
Gun CI 'lb. 

In addition to this, the steamer "Marie " runs across the Bay 
from Freeport to Long Beach via Woodcleft Canal. 




A second water jnunt across the Great South Bay over very 
famous fishinj? and sailing grounds. See Jovirney LVII. The 
boats on this route ply between Ba-bylorv and Fire Island, 
three round trips a day. They leave Babylon dock at 10.00 A.M.. 
3.00 P. M. and 6.15 P. M., returning. Fire Island at 6.30 A. M., 1.00 P. 
3r., and 4,20 P. M., Stops are made at the Wa-Wa-Wanda Club House 
and at Havemeyer Point. Excursion fare, 50 cents. At Babylon 
connections are made with the Long Island Railroad trains, via 
Babylon Street Railroad. 




Cours by Canal Boat. 



FSPITF. ilie progress in steam and electricity, and not- 

J^m withstanding the success of the monster river, lake and 
^^ coastwise boats that are becoming larger and more swift 
every year, one craft of the old time continues— the pro- 
saic canal boat, that moves at a snail's pace and goes by 
nmle power. Probably the canal boat, measurpd by 
the statistics of commerce, has lost greatly this past quarter of a 
century. Yet it is still active in the freighting world, and, what is of 
more point here, it provides a vehicle for water excursioning novel to 
most people. 

Nothing better can be imagined, however, than a canal boat tour. 
If a party of congenial men and women, say six to ten, have three 



58 Water Exploring. 

or foui- weeks to spare, they will find the dolce far niente of catialing 
the most pleasaut sort of life. It is not exciting, it does not matca 
the ga.veties of a summer hotel, or the "company'' of a Sound or 
Lake steamer, but it is restful and those who have tried it say it is 
capital sport. 

First, catch your canal boat, though. This is essential, and it is 
said in all seriousness. A canal boat suitable for touring cannot be 
picked up on the jumi). The securing of one may be a matter of 
weeks, and it may not be gotten at all. The best way to set about it 
is to write to the canal companies. It is quite possible that they can 
suggest owners who would be willing to rent. 

An average and fair price for a boat is $9.90 to $10.00 a day for 
three \\eeks or more. A party of seven, who made a trip of this 
length over the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and whose accounts 
were seen by the writer, spent $385.00 in all, or $55.00 each. They 
went in the proper style that should be suggested for comfort ; they 
liad the hold of their boat cleaned and whitewashed and partitioned 
off into four apartments, they carried along a cook and a waitress 
and they hired furniture and matting. Frequently they would tele- 
phone ahead for a carriage to meet them at the next town, and leav- 
ing the boat there drive for several hours, picking up their craft at 
an agreed upon point some miles further on. 

There are several convenient canals on whose waters such aa ex- 
periment might be tried : the Delaware and Hudson (from Rondout 
to Honesdale, Pa.. 108 miles), extremely picturesque; the Erie which, 
however, has many bare stretches ; the Morris and Essex ; the Rar- 
itan and the Champlain Canal. 



k 



Out in the Open Off Massa 
cKusetts. 



FTER Block Island is left astern the sea begins, and 

A the outline of Rhode Island coast, as the wide mouth 
of Narragansett Bay sJips by for the tourist who is 
to round Cape Cod, becomes Massachusetts shore. 
Up to this time the course has lain through a Sound 
diversified, with some approach to inland scenes. Now 

a long, flat line of beach takes its place, and to the north a broad 

stretch of water opens up. 
This is Bvizzard's Bay* and but a little later the steamer enters 

Vineyard Sound, passing East 

Chops. Cross Rips Lightship, 

Sankaty Head and Monomoy 

Island, into the "Slue of Pol" 

lock Rips."" The extreme point 

of Massachusetts, Barns- 

table, is being rounded, and it 

is the Atlantic itself the coast 

liner is cruising over, the open 

off Cape Cod, wit i Province- 
town but a ff-w miles to the 

north. 
Around Cape Cod is the 

route to Bostorv, and just at 

this point it is that the most 

mteresting sti-etch of that 24- 
hour sail is met with, seen in 

the early morning out from 

New York, or at eventide 

from Boston. 
Cape Cod, whose line of 

beach spreads before the water 

tourist -'as he sails, as he sails," as once did Captain Kidd, occupies 

a vital page in Massachusetts history. There are those who say the 

Norsemen fell upon it in their voyaging 900 years a«o. Whether 

this be accurate or no, it is certain at all events that almost as soon 

as the Pilgrmis came to Plymouth, Cape Cod was settled, and that 

Provincetown dates back many a long year. 
•'The Right Arm of the Commonwealth.'' it has been called, and 

the name has not been inappropriate. But Cape Cod is no longer 

what it was. From Woods Hole, the noted scientific research 




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station of the United States Fisli Commission, j>ast Hya^rvrvis aud 
ChvaLtKaLin. up to Ra^ce Poirvt LigKt, its old life and its odd 
f haracters are slowly going, and it is becoming a vast new colony of 
summer homes of wealthy men. 

Yet a hint of the quaintness does yet linger as Ya.rmoutK. the 
Trviros and Provincetown will testify. 

Note. — There are several steamers and liners pass- 
ing to and fro out in the open here ivho have not 
a place, properly, in this chapter. They will all be 
found noted elseichere. But since they may be 
looked for under this heading it may be useful to 
refer them to the chapter wherein each has been set. 

Steamers "'North Star'' and "Horatio H'dl,"" 
Maine Steamship Company, Neiv York to Portland 
— ''T/ie Maine Coast.'" 

Steamers of the Boston and Philadelphia Steam- 
ship Co., Boston to Philadelphia— ''Coastwise South- 
ward.'' 

Steamers of the Merchants and Miners' Trans- 
portation Co., between Boston, Providence, Phila- 
delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, etc —"■Coastwise South- 
vmrdy 



JOUR.NEY LIX. Between 

New York and Boston. SteaLmers of the 
Ocea^n Steamship Co. One saLiling a 
week from each port. Lea.ve late in the 
a^fternoon from New York. An outside 
trip a^l! the way. 



A steamer of this line sails from New York each Saturday after- 
noon at 4 o'clock (foot of Spring street, N. R. ), and from Boston 
each Wednesday noon. Fare, S5 each way. Time of passage. 24 
hours. These steamers do not go through the Sound but at once 
make for the ocean and sail around Long Island. 




JOUR.NEY LX. Between New 

York a^nd Boston by stea-mer **01d 
Dominion" of the Joy Line, pa.ssing 
through the Sound a-t night and aground 
Cape Cod the follo\ving morning. Two 
satilings ea-ch week. 



Pier 35, East River, foot of Catharine street, is the New York 
starting point of this line, and Atlas Stores wharf, 308 Congress 



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61 



street, that for Boston. The steamer "Old Doiniuiou " runs 
between the two, leaving^ New York, Saturdays at 5 P.M., Boston 
Wednesdays at the same hour. In addition, this summer, a mid-week 
boat has been put on. 

The Joy Line has also a New York-Providence route, eon 
nectin^ by train to Boston (see Journey XLI). The fares by the 
direct steamer to Bostorv which lays its course up the Sound and 
thence past Martha's Vineyard and around Cape Cod are : 

One way, including berth in a stateroom $3 00 

Round trip, including berth in a stattroom 5 50 

One way, including berth in a stateroom and meals en route. . . 4 50 
Round trip, including berth in a staterciora and meals en route. . 8 50 



JOURNEY LXI. Betweeiv 

New Bedford. Woods Hole. Vineyard 
Haven. Cotta^ge City and Edgartown 
(Ma^rthaL's Vineyatrd), and Na^ntucket. 
by the stea-mers of the New Bedford. 
Matrthat's Vineyard and Na-ntucket 
SteamboaLt Co. Datylight trips. 



By Fall River boats to Fall River (Journey XXXV), then by 
train or trolley to New Bedford. This tour among the islands 
and through the waterways 
of the Southern Massachu- 
setts coast makes a perfect 
extension of a Sound journey 
by night. These two quaint 
islands of the ocean are 
reached in a four-hour sail 
from New^ Bedford by day. 
The course lies over Buz- 
zard's Bay. and thence 
through the Elizabeth Isl- 
ands, past Woods Hole 
into Vineyard Sound. 

No spots on the Atlantic Coast are moi-e delightful than Martha's 
Vif\eya.rd and Na.ntucket. none have more history of the old 
times. The traditions must be taken for what they are worth, and 
the present editor will certainly not attempt to indorse them, but it 
is said that these islands were discovered in the year 1602 by 
Bartholomew Gosnold, seaman. 




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Cotta^ge City and Edga^rtown are 

the important settlements of Martha's 
Vineyard, 'Sconset, the town of Nan- 
tucket. As might be expected, from their 
location on the tip end of civilization, the 
waters about these islands are " harbors 
of refuge," and ' ports of call." Na.n- 
tvicket was, many a long year since, 
among the greatest of whaling centres— 
and it must not be fo: gotten to put "New 
Bedford high up in the same category. 

Within the range of a few miles some 
of the best fishing grounds of America, 
notably those where the blueflsh lurks 
off Edgarto'wn, are to be found. And 
when he comes to Na.nt\jcket, at the 
end of this sail, and catches the charm 
of that little land (which he does at once) 
your Water Explorer is no true one if 
he does not somehow steal a day and 

spend it following up the history, walking over the ground that 

once belonged to New York. 
In a little booklet, sent free by the New York, New Haven and 

Hartford Railroad, on receipt of postage (2 cents), there is included 

a historical map of Nantucket. It should be sent for by those 

who will explore in this direction. 




A LAKE STEAMER S 
' PARLOR EN SUITE. 



^ JOURNEY LXII. Between 

S Boston and Gloucester, the fa.mous 

? "North Shore route," by the steamers 

i of the Boston and Gloucester SteaLmboat 

^ Co. Daylight trips. 



Steaming out of Boston to the north there is much to be seen. 
This route leads to the noted fisherman's town of Gloxicester. 
about which Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward has written so often 
and so charmingly, a city of fishing-bank dj-amas. Passed on the 
way are Revere BeaLcK, NaKant, Swampscott (with its 
splendid stretches of beach), MarbleheeiLd, Salenn, Beverly, 
Ma^ncKester and Magnolia. Marblehead is no less renowned 
in the fishing way, and all this coast is a superb one. Glouces- 
ter is on Cape Ann. 

These steamers leave North Side, Central Wharf, Boston, daily 
(except Sundays) at 2 P.M. They return from Gloucester daily 
(except Sundays) at 3 A M. One way fare is 50 cents: excursion, 
75 cents. It is suggested, however, that the return be made by 
trolley from Glovicester into Boston the following morning in- 
stead, an exceedingly fine trip. 



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JOURNEY LXIII. Between 

< Boston and Na^haLnt— a. short North 
5 Shore trip by the boats of the Bsilss 
^ Point Line. 



Nahant, but a shoit distance from Lynn, is one of the most 
famous of Boston's pleasure resorts, and is an admirable strip of 
beach. It is reached bj' the steamers of the Bass Point Line, 
leaving Lincoln's Wharf. Boston, P.30 A.M.. 12 M., 2.20. 5.00, 
7.20 P.M. Sundays, 9 A.:\I., 5.00 and ?.20 P.M. Fares, 25 cents; 
excursion, 50 cents. 



JOURNEY LXIV. Between 

Boston and NaLntatsket Beach, a trip to 
the South Shore by the boacts of the 
Nantasket Beach Steamboat Com- 
paLny, ** Nantatsket," "Myles Statndish," 
"Mayflower," "Gov. Andrew," ** Gen. 
Lincoln." Many datily trips. 



Over Bostor\ waters of the South Shore, affording: a specially 
fine view of Boston Harbor. There are passed Fort Independence 
and Fort Winthrop, and beyond the steamers ply through Presi- 
dent Roads, a broad channel. Belovr this is Fort Warren. Not 
far awaj is Boston Light, and soon after comes Hull. 

The boats run to Penrvberton and thence there is a rail 
ride down the beach into Na^ntasket. or Nantasket may be 
journeyed to all the way by boat. Nantasket Beach is four miles 
long and of excellent quality. Lying upon a point of land it has two 
shores, a strip of ocean and a strip of inland coast. It is under the 
jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Park Commissioners of Boston. 

Connections are madf' from here to the old towns of Hirvgham, 
Cohasset, Scituate, Mansfield. Dvixbvjry and Plymoxith. 
This is the region of Massachusetts that is, perhaps, fullest of 
history. Plymovith is the heart of Pilgrim land. 

These boats leave Rowe's Wharf, Boston, hourly during the 
summer. 



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MONTAUK POINT. Courtesy of H. B. Puller ton 



JOURNEY LXV. Between 

Boston a^nd Plymouth. A round trip 
da-ily. 



A day's pilgrimage of iiuportance. The steamer goes down 
through Boston Harbor and along the South Shore. 

Hosts of historic objects are to be seen— Plymouth Rock, Pilgrim 
Hall, the Court House, the National Monument, Burial Hill. 




Boat leaves tbel^v harf of the Bay Line on "Atlantic avenue, Bos- 



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65 



ton, and during the sail is at times very nearly out of sight of land. 
Provincetown is very quaint. An hour or so time is given to view 
it. This tour is over Massachusetts Bay waters. 




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The Maine Coa^st. 



MERICAN Society, whatever else may be said about it, 

A has unbounded wisdom in one especial regard. Unerr- 
ingly it picks out for its country seats the most beauti- 
ful spots on each coast line. So thoroughly- has fashion 
done this for a quarter of a century past, that it is now 
the hall mark of a region to have society patronize it 
and own acres there. And fashion has long loved the Maine Coast. 

It is little wonder, when all its beauties are taken into account, 
when one comes to remember Mount Desert and NortKea-st 
HaLrbor, Ba^r Harbor and SoutKwest Harbor, Ma^cKia^s, 
Eastport and Calais, Belfast and Castine and the Penobscot 
and Kennebec Rivers, to say nothing of PortlaLnd, Cblsco 
BaLV and further away Vinal Haven, 

Altogether, this is eminently a " Water Exploring ■" land, a coast 
of extraordinary possibilities of many a little tour. Generally 
speaking, the starting point of all these trips is either Boston or 
PortlaLnd. Either can be reached by rail. But, more to the point, 
a royal water road leads around Massachusetts, straight from New 
York, aboard the " Horatio Hall" and the "North Star," of the 
Maine Steamship Co. 



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\ JOUR.NEY LXVII. Between 

) New York atrid Portla.nd, Ma.ii\e, by the 

< stea.mers of the Macine SteaLinship Co., 
5 "North Star" and "Horatio Hall," going 

< eacstward, the Sound by night, the Mas- 
sa^chusetts a^nd Maine coatsts by da.y : 
going westward, the coa.sts by dacy. Long 
Islatnd Sound 




Into these 20 hours are crowded so maoy pictures marine, such a 
varied and unfailing programme of them, served up fresh with the 

salt sea, if a descriptive 
bull may be allowed, that 
this trip has quite an un- 
common interest for 
summer days and nights. 
It is a three fold trip, to 
put it briefly. It com- 
bines Sound and Massa- 
chusetts coast jouraeys, 
giving all they give, and 
to these it adds on, after 
Ca^pe Cod is past, and 
thvj ocean in front of 
Ca>.pe Ann and the ever 
Boon Island, the 




A GREAT BOAT OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



Boston HaLrbor is steamed over. 

famous and delightful Isles of Shoa^ls 

picturesque Ca^pe ElizaLbeth and the Bag Light on the break 

water that guards the entrance into PortlaLnd. 

Portland begins the Maine of the Explorer. Literally scores of 
water trips open up from it. There are islands, islands, islands to 
the east to where the provinces begin, channels, channels, channels 
to thread between them. At Portland's feet stretches out the very 
fine Casco Bay. The city itself is one of the most attractive of 
American centres. It has much more than a foot note in American 
literature. The house that Longfellow was boi-n in, the house 
where he lived and wrote are shown with much pride. Here also 
lived, for many a year, Neal Dow, the temperance reformer. 

The "North Star" and the "Horatio Hall" leave New York 
(foot of Pike Street, Pier 32, East River, direct for Portland), on 
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 5 P. M. Returning, they 
leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, direct for New^ York, on the 



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67 



same days of the week, at 6.30 P. M. The fares are $5.00 one waj% 
.Sl».<K) round trip, with staterooms S2.00, $3.00 and $5.00 each. A single 
bt ith in a stateroom may be had for $1.00. Breakfast 75 cents ; din- 
ner and supper, $1.00 each. 



JOURNEY LXVIII. Between 

Boston ELnd PortlaLnd by the steamers of 
the Portla.nd Division of the EsLstern 
Steacinship Co. (formerly the Portla.nd 
Steatinship Co.) Night trip. 



At 7 P. M. each evening, these steamers leave India Wharf, Bos- 
ton, and Franklin Wharf, Portland. The voyage is about eight 
hours in length. The points passed at fairly close hand, these boats 
not going a verj- great distance from land, are NaKant, the Isles 
of SKoals, Old OrchaLrd BeacK and Cape ElizaLbetK. 
Fine views of Boston and Portland HaLrbors. Fares fl .00 each 
way, and staterooms $1.00 to $3.00. 



JOURNEY LXIX. Between 

Boston and Ba-ngor and Bar Harbor, in- 
cluding Rockland, Cacmden. Belfa^st and 
Southwest He^rbor, Northescst Hacrbor 
and Seal Harbor on Mount Desert Island, 
by the stea.mers of the Ba.ngor a-nd 
Mount Desert Divisions of the EotStern 
SteeiLmship Co. (forn\erly the Boston and 
Bangor SteaLmboaLt Co.) Night trip to 
Bangor, but its last stage, up the Penob- 
scot Reiver, sailed the following morning. 
The return saLil from Ba.ngor con\- 
mences in the afternoon. To Bar Harbor 
and other Mount Desert points by day- 
light. 



It covers much of the finest sea scape of the Maine coast and no 
small portion of the Penobscot River (as far up as Bangor) as 

well. There is probably no better way of getting a comprehensive 



Water Exploring. 




idea of the shore and southern country 
of Maine, together with an intimacy with 
one of her great rivers, than by this 
route. Its first landing out from Boston 
is at Rockland at the Penobscot's im- 
pressive mouth. Then Ca^nAden and 
other towns along the river are touched, 
the steamboat proceeding leisurely. 

The route's second stage carries the 
traveler in most direct fashion, and by 
w ater each rod of the way to the landings 
■f Mount Desert noted above, and thus 
liters Frenchman's Bay. On this stage 
the shore is closely hugged and there is 
opportunity to view this most fashion- 
able of regions clearly. (See also Joxir- 
ney LXXIV.) 
For this tour, Boston is left (Pier 368, 
Atlantic avenue), daily at 5 P. M.. excepting Sundays. The con- 
necting steamers to Bar Ha^rbor and other Moxint Desert 
places also make daily trips (except Sunday). On the return. Bar 
Harbor is left at 1.00 P. M . and Hangor at noon on Mondays, 2 
P. M., on other week days; no sailings on Sundays. 



MONUMENT AT HALIFAX 



JOURNEY LXX. Between 

Boston, Portland a-nd Eastport, and also 
L\ibec and St. John, New Brunswick, 
with connections to Calais, Campobello, 
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, a-nd a.11 
pa-rts of the Maritinve Provinces, by the 
steamers of the International Division of 
the EaLStern Stea.mship Co. (formerly the 
InternaLtionoLl S. S. Co.) Three trips a 
week. Boston SLnd St. John a.re ea^ch 
sailed from in the early morning. 



Ocean touring in miniature might well be the designation of this 
route since, after clearing PortIa.nd Ha>.rbor, it does not keep 
measurably close to the much indented Maine coast as do the others, 
but strikes boldly out into the open, almost as the eagle would fly, 
for EdLStport. This Maine city is on the extreme northeastern 



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69 



borderland of the United States, as far Down East as one can travel 
Beyond Ea^stport are the Provinces— the Maritime Provinces as 
they are commonly ?poken of, with the peninsula of Nova Scotia 
already to the south and New Brunswick joining on to Maine, the 
Ba^y of Fvindy, a wide arm of the sea, in between these two 
British possessions. 

Eastport is at the commencement of the Bay of Fvindy, and 

opposite Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with Grand Manan Isla>.nd 

', and PaLSsamaqvioddy Bay facing it. Beyond Eastport, and 

i now through British waters the steamers make their way to St. 

I John New Brunswick's seaport. At Eastport connections are 

I made to Calais, Campobello, St. Andrews and other 

i fascinating re-sorts on this borderland, and from St. John a 

j steamer ploughs its way across the Bay of Fundy to Digby, 

Nova Scotia. From there it is a lone journey neitlier lo Yarmouth 

I or to HaLlifa^x in this " Land of Evangeline,'" old " Acadie." 

I But this will be touched upon in the chapter on the '•Maritime 

Provinces" fohowing (which see). There are more direct (though 

perhaps no plea-^anter) routes than the present one to reach "Evan- 

gehne's Laud." 

This route from Boston and Portland leaves Boston (Com- 
mercia-I WKa^rf ). at 8.15 in the morning, Mondays, Wednesdays 
and Fridays. The steamers leave St. JoKn on the same days of 
tne week, r.3o A. M. The fares are on the following basis: To 
Ea^stport from Boston, S4.25 one way, $8.00 excursion ; to Cal- 
a^is $5.00, S9.00 ; to St. JoKn, N. B. S5.00, $9.00. Staterooms. 
$1.00 ; dinners, 75 cents ; breakfasts and suppers, 50 cents. 



JOURNEY LXXI. Between 

Boston and Augusta, Maine, touching at 
PophoLm Bea^ch, Ba^th, Hallowell, etc. 
Coasting to Ba-th and then up the Kenne- 
bec to Augusta, bv the steatniers oi the 
Kennebec and Boothbay Divisions of the 
EaLstern Steamship Co. (formerly the 
Kennebec Steamboat Co.) De^ily, except 
Sunda^v, with Ql "side trip" from Pop» 
ha.n\ Beach to Boothba^y H» rbor. Boats 
satil from Boston in evenii\^s (thus aLf- 
fording a^ night "outside" trip and a^n 
eatrly morning river trip), aLnd from 
Augusta an hour after noon. 



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More especial Jy a Kennebec River 

journey, since the coasting part of 
the tour is made at night. The start 
to tlie eastward is made from Union 
Wharf, Boston, each week day after- 
noon at 6 o'cloclv. On the return 
AvigustOL is left at 1 P. M. 

The voyage up the Kennebec 
River is an admirable one, and f> 
hours .in length. The river comn:ences 
at Ba^th, and has a fine approach. 
Avigusta is an interesting town. From the lauding at Popham 
Bea^cK a connecting steamer, stopping at many little places, runs 
to BootKba^y Harbor, makmg two trips a day. On its backward 
trip it leaves Boothba.y, a quaint coast town, at 7.15 A.M. and 2.30 
P. M. Just this portion of Maine is not fashionable, but it should 
b*' toured to — perhaps for that very reason. 



CLIFFS AT NEWPORT, R. I. 



JOURNEY LXXII. Between 

PortleLnd a^nd Boothbay, by the boatts of 
the Portla-nd a^nd Boothbay Steamboat 
Co. Da>y trips. Three da^ys a week each 
wacy. 



Leav,,- PortIa.nd Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 A. M., 
leave Ea^st Boothbay Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridajs. An 
all day (rip each way across the coast. Stops made at Boothba-y 
Harbor, Squirrel Isla^nd. Heron Island, and South Bris- 
tol. 



JOUR.NEY LXXIII. Between 

Portland and R^ockland, by the 
PortlaLnd aLnd Rockla^nd Stea.mboaLt 
Line. Three days a week. Da-y trips. 



Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are the sailing days of this 
coast line, and the hour of starting from Portland is TA.M. These 
steamers ply along the coast, touching at Sqviirrel Isla^nd, 
Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor, Rovind Pond, Friend- 
sKip and Port Clyde. 



The Maine Coast 



JOURNEY LXXIV. Between 

BaLngor and Bslf HaLrbor. An adl-day 
trip, by the boats of the Bangor and Ba^r 
Ha^rbor Steanvboa^t Co. Three da^ys a^ 
week, touching act aLlI points along the 
Penobscot, on the coast a^nd on Mount 
Desert Island. See Journey LXIX. 



This is a local line that gives, nevertheless, a pleasing sail. The 
majority of travelers prefer, however, to take a more direct water 
route, as, say. Journey LXXV.. or to go by train to Mount Desert 
Ferry, and embark on the boats that run directly across French- 
man's Bay, calling at Sorrento. The journey here is a slow 
one, ten hours in length. 

Its time table gives its course preciselj' : Steamers leave Ban- 
gor for Bar Harbor, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 7.3C 
A.M., touching at Hampden, Winterport, Bucksport, Sandy Point 
and Castiue, 11.00; Islesboro, 11.30 A.M.; Deer Isle. 1.00; Sedgwick, 
1.3'J ; Ba.ss Harbor, 3.00; S. W. Harbor, 4.00; N. E. Harbor, 4.15; 
Seal Harbor, 4.30 ; arriving in Bar Harbor at 5.30 P.M. 

Returning, leave Bar Harbor Mondays, Wednesdaj's and Fridays, 
at 7.00 ;a.M., touching at all landings, arriving in Bangor at 5.00 
P.M. 



JOUR.NEY LXXV.. Between 

Portlacnd. Ca^stine, Bar Harbor, Mount 
Desert ak.nd Machias, touching at R^ock- 
laLnd, Sedgwick and other plak.ces. By 
steamer "Frank Jones," of the Portland, 
Mount Desert and Ma-chia^s Steamboat 
Co. Two trips a week, ea^ch 21 hours in 
length. Lea^ves Portland an hour before 
n\idnight, touring the coa.st ea^st of Rock- 
land by datylight. 



Said to be the pioneer "inside line" of the Maine coast. From 
this boat the best possible picture of aquatic Eastern Maine is 
set before the Inquisitive Water Explorer's eyes. "The "Jones" 
leaves Portland, eastward bound, at 11 o'clock at nijjht Ccon- 



Wcder ErpJoring. 




PURCELL S COVE. NEAR HALIFAX, N. S. 



necting with train pulling^ out of Boston four houis previously). 
She reaches Rockland about daybreak the next morning, and 
thus for one whole (\ay and earlv evening of fifteen hours. Machias- 
port being steamed up to at 8.00 P.M., tourists have spread before 
them the Maine coast that is most renowned. 

For this is fashionable Maine, and the ''Jones" goes close to the 
shore in all her progress. She makes stops at Islesboro, Castirve 
(across Penobscot Bay from Rockla-nd, one of the very oldest 
of watering places), at Little Deer Isle and Herricks (where the 
landings are made by small boats that come out to meet the steamer) 
at Sedgwick (after crossing Eggemoggin Reach) at Brookline, 
and then oil Mourvt Desert, Sovithwest Harbor (11.50 A.M.), 
Northeast Ha^rbor, Bar Harbor (passing Seal Harbor and 
coming into Frenchman's Bay), Millbridge (past Petit Manarv) 
and Jonesport. 

The entire ocean side of Movint Desert is rounded on this trip, 
and its mountains and coves neared to a charm. 

The "Jones" leaves PortIa.nd Tuesday and Friday nights, and ^ 
Mat-cKiasport Monday and Thursday mornings at 4 o'clock. This 
brings the steamer to Bak.r Ha^rbor on its westward trip at 9.50 
A.M., and makes it arrive in Portla-nd at midnight. The fares are: 



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between Portla.rvd and Rocklacrvd. oneway, $1.25; round trip. 
$2.50 ; Portla^nd and Ca^stirve, $2 00, $4.00 ; Portla^nd and 
Bar Harbor, $3.25, $6.00 ; Portla^nd and Ma^chiasport, $3.75 

$7.00. 



JOURNEY LXXVI. Between 

Catlacis atnd EaLStport, touching a^t St. 
Andrews, by steamer "Jeanette," Fron- 
tier Steamboat Co. A short day run on 
the Maine — Provinces boundary. 



Steamer starts from CaLla^is each morning, except Sunday ; leaves 
Ea^stport returning to Calais about noon. Ferry connection at 
Eastport with Campobello. 



JOURNEY LXXVII. Between 

Portland a.nd the iT\a.ny little islands of 
Ca.sco Baty. Stea-mers "Pilgrim," 

"Forest Queen," "Emita.," "El Doro^do," 
of the Casco Bacy Steamboat Co. Boats 
every hour or so for many different 
points. A variety of short tours for parts 
of a day out of Portland. 



Small trips by excursion boats, but over famously beautiful waters. 
Casco BslV stretches out to the northeast of Portland Harbor. 



JOURNEY LXXVIII. Between 

Portland and Harpswell, Orr's Island and 
Cacsco Bay Islands in Casco BaLy. 



A short special trip from Portland to these points. 

Orr's Island is the scene of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Pearl of Orr' 
Island •' and of Whittier's " The Dead Ship of Harpswell." It is 2: 
miles from Portland. 



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Water Exploring. 



JOURNEY LXXIX. Between 

Vina! Haven and other islands on the 
ocean side of Penobscot Bay and Rock- 
la^nd on the main shore. 



i^ The lines craft are '"Governor Bodwell" and " Vinal Haven. 

Several trips a day (except Sundays) between the points mentioned 

Vina.1 Haven lies well out in the ocean. These boats tour t( 

Swan's Island, which is almost as far east as Mount Desert. 



JOURNEY LXXX. Over 

SebaLgo La^ke, Songo Reiver a^nd the Bay 
of Naples, by the steamers "Hawthorne" 
atnd *• Longfellow," of the SebaLgo L,aLke, 
Songo Reiver a^nd BblV of Nappies Steam- 
boa^t Co. An inla^nd waLterwa^y trip of 
Maine of 5H hours' dura^tion. 



Sebago Lake's lower end where this steamboat is boarded is 
approached from Portland hy rail; only a short run, however 
The way up the Lake and through the Songo River into the fam 
ous Bay of Naples is extremely beautiful. 




Cbe maritime Provinces. 



UTTING out from YaLrmoutK, Nova Scotia, and St. 
JoKn, New Brunswick, to the west, to St. Johns on 
the farthest point of the island of Newfo'jndland to the 
east, these lauds and waters of England's Kmg and 
his Colonial Premiers provide magnificent voyages for 
the well seasoned tourist who has some time at his 
command. The Maritime Provinces are wide extending, if they 
are but a naiTow strip of shore out in the sea, bejond the east of 
the substantial thousands of square miles of the United States. 





IN RICHMOND, VA. 



nder and lone, they are cut up by the ocean as if for the express 
jleasure of the traveler. To any one who has ever journeyed 
vithin their watery, cool, scenically captivating bounds, their charm 
Joes not need explaining. 

All have been knit firmly together by water routes. In their life— 
'O much of their territory is shore and headland— sea. sound, bay 
ind channel play important parts. Nor are these lines merely 
between these islands and peninsulas themselves. Substattial 
entacles stretch out to big ports of the outer world. A line comes 
ip from New York, two others from Boston, a local line from 



Wafer E.rploring. 



Malue has its course over the frontier into New Brunswick, and 
from Montrea-I and from Qxjebec steamers sail down the Gulf 
of St. La-wrence to Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island 
and Newfoundland. 

Refer to '''St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes'"' 
Chapter ( following this) at its commencement for 
details of these lines from Canada that make trips 
to the Provinces, the Quebec Steamship Co. to Que- 
bec and Montreal, the Black Diamond Steamship 
Co. to Montreal. 

For steamer that goes to Si. John, Neiv Bruns- 
icick, see Journey LXX. in Chapter ''The Maine 
Coast.''' 

A combination water and railroad tour that may 
be suggested, the railroad journeys simply short 
connecting runs from seaport to seaport., is: 

The Dominion .Atlantic Railway Company's steam- 
er "Prince Rupert"" across the Bay of Fundy from 
St. John to Digby, N. S., a distance of k5 miles, cov- 
ered in two hours. Dominion Atlantic E.rpress 
train to Halifax. The route to Halifax affords an 
opportunity to view the fortifications at Annapolis 
and (he ancient Acadian village of Grand Pre, 
the home of Evangeline. Thence Intercolonial Rail- 
way to Pictou. Charlottetoivn Steam Navigation 
Company to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Lland, 
Prince Edward Island Railway to Summerside, 
P. E. I. Charlottetown Steam Navigation C<tmpany 
to Point du Chene, N. B. and Litercolonial Rail- 
way (passing through Moncton) back to St. John, 
N. B. The touri'it might lengthen this excursion by 
taking a side trip from Digby, N. S , to Yarmoutti. 
N. S., or to New Glasgotv, N. S.. to Sydney, C. B.. 
thereby covering all the principal poiiits in Nova 
Scotia, Cape Brecon, Prince Edward Island and 
New Brunswick. '■■ 



JOUR.NEY LXXXI. Betweeix 

New York and Halifax, Novsl Scotia^, Syd- 
ney, Cape Breton and St. Johns, New- 
foundland, viae Long Island and Vineyard 
Sounds and the open sea. By the steam- 
ers of the Red Cross Line. Full round 
trip 13 da-ys. A da^y spent aet Halifax* a. 
day in Sydney and two days in St. Johns. 



The rates of fare for whole or a part of this very fine and pleas- 
ing semi-ocean trip are, including meals and stateroom berth while 



Tlie Maritime Provinces. 



the steamer is at sea aod in 
port : New York and Halifax, 
S20.00; New York and Halifax 
and return, $32.00 ; New York 
and Sydney, $35.00; New York 
and St. Johns, $84.00; New 
York and St. Johns and return, 
$60.00; Halifax and Sydney, 
$5.00; Halifax and St. Johns, 
$18.00; Halifax and St. Johns 
and return, $34.00; Sydney and 
St. Johns, $13.00. 

The Red Cross steamers sail 
for this northern water land 
from the foot of West Houston 
Street, New York (Pier 40, 
North River), weekly. See 
announcements as to dates 
of sailings in the daily papers. 
It takes about 50 hours to 
steam from New York to 
Halifax, about 20 hours from 
Halifa^x to Sydney and about 34 from Sydney to St. JoKns. 
Halifax as a great British naval station is a decidedly interesting: 
city to visit. Readily to be toured to are Annacpolis and the 
village of Grand Pre, and indeed a highly entertaining week might 
be spent on this peninsula of Nova Scotia alone. Sydney on Cape 
Breton Island is noted for its great harbor. In these Provmces so 
imposing are the cliffs that the coast may be said to be iron bound. 
St. Johns, Newfoundland's capital, is grandly situated on its 
harbor. Newfoundland is a genuine sportsman's land, apart from 
its scenic features. 




MINOTS LIGHT. 



JOURNEY LXXXII. Between 

Boston a-nd HaLlifa^x SLnd HaLwkesbxiry, 
Nova. Scotia., Sydney. Cape Breton a^nd 
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 
Trips every Tuesday and SoLturday from 
Boston; from Charlottetown and Hawkes- 
bury every Tuesday and Friday; from 
Halifa.x every Wednesda.y and Saturday 
by the stea.mships "HaLlifax" ^Tvd. "Oli- 
vette." Plant Line. 



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Water Exploring. 



Of itself this Journey comes very close to covering the Provinces 
most satisfactorily for a tour. For their round trips, as outlined 
above, these steamers take a little short of six days (from Boston, 
Saturday noon to Friday 6 A. M., for example). The round trip 
fares between Boston and CKaLrlottetown are $18 ; between 
Boston and Ha-IifaLX S12. These prices do not include state- 
rooms or meals. The latter cost, on these steamers, $1.75 a day. 

The " Halifax " and the "Olivette " leave Boston at noon on the 
saiHng days noted, and Halifax at 2 P.M. on Wednesday on the re- 
turn trip and 11 P. M. on Saturday. They sail from North side Lewis 
Wharf, Boston, and their course leads them, on the round trips 
over 1400 miles of sea and strait. Between Nova Scotia and Cape 
Breton Island they steam through the often spoken Stra.its of 
Canso. Connections are made with boats going over the cele- 
brated Bras d'Or Lakes. (See Journey LXXXVII, page 80). 

One feature of the trip from Boston that entertains many 
aboard ship on this lire are the lights, beginning with Boston 
Light and Minot Light and later Sambro Island Light, Chebucto 
Light and Cranberry Island Light. 

The time quoted here is Eastern Standard. Provincial Time is 
one hour faster than Eastern Standard. 



JOURNEY LXXXIII. Between 

Boston and Yarnnouth, Nova Scotia, and 
between St. John, New Brunswick, a.nd 
Digby, NovaL ScotiaL, by the stesLmers 
"Prince George," "Prince Rupert," 
"Prince Edward" and "Boston," of the 
Dominion Atlantic Railway, "Evangeline 
Route." Boats leave Boston Tuesday and 
Friday, a^nd Ya.rmouth Wednesdaty atnd 
Saturday. Less than 14 hours from Bos- 
ton. With connecting trains to Ha.lifax 
and Digby ; thence all over the Maritime 
Provinces. 



The advantage of this line is that with the smallest loss of 
energy and time it transports the tourist into Evangeline's own 
Acadie. Trains meet these boats from Boston that carrj' one 
everywhere on the province, into Halifax, into Digby, a perfect 
summer resort on the Bay of Fundy, just across from St. John, 
New Brunswick, and even to the poetic little village of Grand Pre, 
besides that old town, Annapolis. 



The Maritime Provinces. 79 

But one canno*: even begin to tell a tithe of what Nova Scotia 
is for the man or woman who will water explore. The scene of 
the banishment of the Acadians is to be found in the midst 
of a rich though even now sparsely settled farming country, and 
it is best to be visited by way of the well-known little town of 
Wolfville by carriage. With one larger city on the peninsula- 
Halifax— Nova Scotia continues to hold a great measure of her 
old pastoral charm. There is to be made a pilgrimage to An- 
napolis, known of old as "Annapolis Royal.'" full of very ancient 
history, and Halifax is to be explored, with her citadel and her 
Imperial Dock Yard and her Imperial Ordnance Yard. 

The trip across the Bay of Fundy, from St. John, New Bruns- 
wick, to Digby is but a short water tour of some three hours. The 
boats from Boston (Tuesday and Friday) have their starting point 
at Long Wharf, foot of State street, and their time of departure 2 
P. M. The boats from YaLrmoutK, going Wednesday and Satur- 
day, leave at 4 P. M. One way fares, Boston to Ya.rmovitK, 
S4.00 ; return, $7 ; Boston to Halifax, S7.50 and $14.00. State- 
room berths cost from $1.00 to $3.00, and each meal is 50 cents. 



JOURNEY LXXXIV. Between 

St. John and Fredericton, New Bruns- 
wick. A short trip on this most pictur- 
esque of rivers by the steamers ** David 
Weston" and "Victoria," Star Line. Morn- 
ing tours of b}4 hours each way. 



Eight o'clock is the hour set for each of these boats each day, 
except Sundays, to leave St. John and Fredericton. Much of a 
point should be made of this single morning tour. 



JOURNEY LXXXV. Between 

Parrsboro and Kingsport, Nova Scotia. A 
little journey across the upper reaches 
of the Bay of Fundy by the steamers of 
the EvsLngeline Ne^viga^tion CompaLny. 



One trip each way each day, excepting Sunday. An attrajctive 
minor voyage. 



Water Exploring. 



JOURNEY LXXXVI. Between 

Pictou, Nova Scotia, and Charlottetown, 
Prince Edwa^rd IslaLnd. By the boats of 
the Chatrlottetown Steam Na-vigaLtion Co. 



Daily service across Northumberland Strait between these two 
provinces. Pictovi is left daily about 3.30 P.M. and Charlotte- 
town at 8.30 in the morning. 



JOUR.NEY LXXXVII. Through 

the Bras d'Or Lake Region. By steamers 
•• Matrion," "Ela^ine" a^nd "Weymouth" 
of the Bra^s d'Or SteaLmboa^t Co. A re- 
ma-rkaLble inla.nd voya-ge. 



Bras d' Or is a famous name among those who love the beautiful in 
scenery, and for them this trip in and through Cape Breton, cruising 
over its lakes, has been planned. 

The " Marion " leaves Mulgrave on the Straits of Carvso, on 
Monday and Thursday after the arrival of the Plant line steamer, 
bound for Baddeck and the Sydneys. Coming back it casts off 
from the pier at Sydney at 6 A.M. The "Elaine " and the " Wey- 
mouth " each leave Sydney at 7.00 in the morning, returning the 
same way. 



JOURNEY LXXXVIII. Between 

North Sydney, Cape Breton and Port 
Aux Basques, Newfoundland. Six hours 
across the straits. Steamer "Bruce." 



Leaving North Sydney Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 
on arrival of express train from Halifax ; connecting at Port-aux- 
Basques with Newfoundland Railway for St. Johns, six hours. 
Steamer service between St. Johns and Labrador ports. 



The St. Lscwrence and tKe 
Greswt La.kes. 



0_ N the St. LaL>vrence River and on the Grea.t 
La>.kes where the routes are long and the journeys 
not dissimilar in character to voyages across the At- 
lantic they have originated a new type of steamer. 
Particulai'ly is this so on the Great La^kes where 
the " through boats " that run at express speed, have 

to be able to stand waves that are high and dangerous, weather that 

is capricious and often severe, 
La^ke Superior is an 

ocean in a fury at times, 

the other lakes of the 

western tier scarcely less. 

These conditions have 

bi'ought about new ideas. 

Thus it happens that a 

" Lake Steamer" is upon 

these waters, a cruiser 

that could break many 

a record, like nothing 

else afloat in the world. 
A few years ago the 

pleasure shipping of 

River and Lakes could 

have been dismissed in a 

few words. Now no sec- 
tion of the comitry has 

more powerful fleets. 

And each twelvemonth 

finer ships are launched. 

It is there that the great- 
est water progress of 

America seems to be con- 
centrated. 

Out of the St. Lawrence, into and across the gulf of that same 
name steamers sail with Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island their 
destination. To the westward hne joins on to line until the very end 
of this huge water chain, the furthest shore of Lake Superior and 
D\jI\itK is reached. Except for the Nia^aLra. Rjver it is now 




ABOARD A HUDSON RIVER BOAT. 



82 Water Exploring. 

possible to go from Cape Breton to DvilutK, stepping literally 
from swift steamer to swift steamer (save at the point mentioned) a 
trip half way across the continent. 

Were such a touring ever undertaken, it would be accomplished 
in this way : 

Steamer of the Quebec Steamship Co., Pictou, 
Nova Scotia, to Montreal. 

Boats of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. 
to Toronto. 
Boats of the Niagara Navigation Co. lo Lewiston. 
Train to Buffalo. 

Boats of the Anchor Line (Erie and Western Trans- 
portation Co.), from Buffalo over Lake Erie, Lake 
Huron and Lake Superior, past Mackinac Island and 
Sault Ste. Marie to Duluth. 



JOURNEY LXXXIX. The 

R.iver St. La.wrence to the Provinces. 
The •*CampaLi\aL," of the Quebec Steam- 
ship Compa-ny, from Montreal and Que- 
bec to Pictou, NovaL Scotia^. A 5-d^y 
trip. 1,089 miles. 



Of the many excellent routes close to the shore that are possible 
to the man who tours up north there is none more entertaining to 
the eye and the mind than this one of Montreal through the Lower 
St. Lawrence, past the Saguenay River, over the St. Law- 
rence's own mouth, and then, hugging the coast closely, passing 
the Bay of Chaleur, coming along Northumberland Sound between 
Prince Edward Island and the main land into Pictovi, whence a 
a train runs to Ha^Iifax. 

Steaming down the river, much reminiscent of the old Colonial 
past comes to hand. After Qviebec is left behind, village, head- 
land, mountain and forest bring back old French Canada. The 
steamer leaving Monday at 2 P.M., arrives at Qviebec Tuesday 
noon, at Father Poiiit and Gaspe on Wednesday, at Perce on 
Thursday, and at Summerside, Charlottetown, Pictou on 
Friday. The territory rounded at the St. Lawrence's mouth is 
known as the Gaspe Peninsula.. 

The " Campana's " schedule for this season comprises bi-monthly 
Monday trips, sailing from Montreal Mondays. June 2, 16, 30 and 
each alternate Monday, and from Quebec the next day. 

Fares for this five-day journey, Montreal to Pictovi, including ^ 
meals and berth, are $27.00 single fare ; $48.15 excursion. 



Tlie St. Lau'rence and the Great Lakes. 



88 



JOURNEY XC. Between 

Montreal SLnd Prince EdwaLrd IsIdLnd, 
Catpe Breton a.nd NewfovindlaLnd. By 
the boa-ts of the Black Diamond Stea-m- 
ship Co. Steamers leave Montreal every 
10 da-ys during Summer. 



The same trip as Journey LXXXIX. The steamers' destinations 
are Charlottetown, Sydney and St. Johns- Fares, from 
Montreal to St. JoKns, one way, S30.00 ; return, $50.00. 



JOURNEY XCI. Niagara to the 

sea, doNvn the St. Lawrence. From the 
w^estern end of Lake Ontario to Riviere 
du Loup, opposite the mouth of the Sag- 
uenay River. By the fleets of the Rich- 
elieu and Ontario Navigation Co. A line 
up the Saguenay; also, to Chicoutimi. 



By these steamers the entire 
St. Lawrence from the Grulf to 
Lake Orvta>.rio. and La^ke 
O n t a. r 1 o itself, is covered 
with great completeness. Nine 
boats run over the big routes, 
length 778 miles. This water 
territory is divided into three 
sections, Toronto to Mon- 
trea^I, Montrea.1 to Qvie- 
bec, below Quebec and on 
the Saguenay. 

The "Kingston'' and "To- 
ronto,'" handsome craft, ply 
from Toronto to Prescott ; at Prescott connecting with the 
steamers " CoUimbian " and "Bohemian." This four make up the 
Toronto Montreal Royal Mail Line. Steamers " Montreal " and 
"Quebec " run between Montreal and Quebec, and are the Mon- 
treal-Quebec Line; while the " CaroUna," the " Canada '' and the 




POST OFFICE, NANTUCKET. 



84 



Water Exploring. 



"Saguenay/" that take up the route for Quebec and at R^iviere 
dvi Lovip, turn up the Saguenay are the Saguenay Line below 
Quebec. 

The features and touching points of this extended tour are mani- 
ifold. Out from Toronto Lake Ontario is crossed to Charlotte, 
thence northeastward across the lake to Kingston. The steamer 
has started from Toronto at 4 P.M. It arrives at Kingston at 6 A. 
M., and at once enters the TKousand Islands. This river archi- 
pelago continues for perhaps three hours, and then the river widens. 
Later in the day, all this trip to Montreal being made by daylight, 
the rapids of the St. Lawrence are met wuh, and the steamer runs 
them in an exciting lassage of half a dozen chapters, the river 
boasting many rapids, the last and next to Montreal the most turbu- 
lent, the LaLcKine Rapids. 

At 7 P. M. Montrea^l is left behind on the third steamer of the 
trip, the second having been boarded at Prescott in the early morn 
ing. It is a nights journey to Quebec, and changing steamers again 
here on the second niornmg French Canada is toured all day, TaLd- 
ousac at the Saguenay's mouth being reached at 8 in the evening. 

As may be imagined, this is the most imposing and picturesque of 
trips. Its cost is: fares, $17.50, from Toronto up the Saguenay; 
stateroom charges, $4.00. 



JOUR.NEV XCII. Between 

Charlotte, N. Y., to Alexandria Bay, Thou- 
sand Islands, by the boats of the Lake On- 
ta-rio a^nd St. La^wrence R.iver Day Line. 



Pleasing trip of a single day, and made three days a week during 
the summer months. The boats of this Day Line leave Charlotte 
(connecting from RocKester, a short distance away, by trains 
of the New York Central) at 8.50 A.M., Mondays, Wednesdays and 
Fridays, and arrive at Alexa^ndria Bay 9 P.M., stopping at 
Sarvdy Point, Oswego, Cape Vincent, CIa.yton, ILound 
Isla^nd, Thovjsand Island Park. Returning, leave Alex- 
andria Bay 6.30 A.M., and arrive in Charlotte 6.40 P.M. Tues- 
days, Thursdays, Saturdaj^s. 



JOURNEY XCIII. Between 

Lewiston, N. Y., and Toronto, Onta-rio, by 
stea.n\ers ** Chicora.,'* "Corona.," "Chip- 
pewa.," of the Niagara River Line, Niagara 
Na.viga.tion Compa.ny. 



The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. 85 

Across La^ke Ontario's western end. Short journeys. LeNvis- 
ton is left at 7.50 and 10.30 A.M., 1.50 P.M. and 5.00 P.M. for 
Toronto, daily except Sunday, and returning boats leave the latter 
city at 7.00 and 11.00 A.M., 2.00 and 4.55 P.M. 



JOURNEY XCIV. Up B.nd 

down the OttoLwa River, from Otta-waL to 
Montrea.!, by the boasts of the OttaLwa. 
River NaLViga-tion Con\pa.rvy. 



This river divides the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec 
and the pictures presented from its steamers' decks are markedly 
interesting. They give an idea worth the while of French Canada, 
with some glimpses of landmarks of the oM French regime. 
Nearing Montreal these boats make a vividly dramatic trip through 
the Ld^cKine Rapids. 



I 




FLOWER GARDEN, PALM BEACH, FLA. 



The start each day for this Ottawa River trip is from Otta^va 
at 7.00 A.M., landing in Montreal at 6.30 in the evening. Going 
the other way, the boats leave Montreal (via Grand Trunk Rail- 
way to Lachine) 8.00 A.M., getting to Ottawa at 6.30 in the 
evening. 



Water Exploring. 



JOURNEY XCV. * Between 

Buffa^lo and Duluth by the steamers of 
the Anchor Line (Erie a^nd Western 
Transporta^tion Co.), "China," "India." 
and "Japan." A 6 day trip over three 
of the Great Lakes, Erie, Huron, Su- 
perior, these fine cargo steamers making 
long stops en route a.t Erie, Cleveland, 
Detroit, Mackinac, Sa.ult Ste. Marie. 



For the Water Explorer who has eyes and can use them, who 
wants to study the world, its places and its people, and has time, 
this is the most satisfactory of the tours of these northern "seas." 
These boats are not as magnificent as some others of the Great 
Lakes, they are not as swift, but they have the merit (superlative 
to many people) of lying from a few hours to half a day (even at 
some places nearly a day) at the "calling points," thus giving tiie 
traveler some hours for sight-seeing in these cities and their 
environs. 

Thus the journeyer by these lines can, while on the way. get the 
best of views of Erie and Cleveland, Detroit and Port Huron, 
Mackinac and the Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette and Han- 
cock, all local.ties that deserve more than a passing glance. It is 
advised that two weeks' time be taken from Buffalo, and the 
return trip be made on these same boats, since the shores that are 
passed by night one way are passed by day on the other, and places 
stopped at for but a short time going westward are given a much 
longer stay coming back with bow toward the east. 

Again. these steamers run close to land, seldom far out in the lakes 
themselves, and steaming comparatively slowly, as they do, thus 
bring forward many pictures of the coasts that the leviathans miss, 
being too distant for these to be caught. 

They make the trip through the Detroit River, St. Clair Lake and 
River, St. Mary's River and Portage River and Canal, in both direc- 
tions, in the day time, the views presented here being especially 
admired by tourists. 

Leave BviffaLlo, Thursdays and alternate Mondays, at 2.30 P. M. 
Due at Erie, 8.30 P. M. ; leave Erie Thursdays and alternate Mon- 
days, at 12.00 midnight. Due at Cleveland, 11.00 A. M. ; leave 
Cleveland, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays, at 8.00 P. M. Due at 
Detroit, 6.00 A. M. ; leave Detroit, Saturdays and alternate Wednes- 



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87 



ays, at 12.00 noon. Due at Mackinac Island, 3.00 P. M. ; leave 
Mackinac Island, Sundays and aliernate Thursdays, at 8.00 P. M. 
Due at Sault Ste. Marie 6.00 A. M. ; leave Sault Ste, Marie, 
Mondays and alternate Fridays, at 8.00 A. M. Due at Marquette 
10.00 P.M.; leave Marqviette, Mondays and alternate Fridays, 
at 11.00 P.M. Due at Portage Lake at 8.0U A. M. ; leave Portage 
Lake, Houghton and Haucock, Tuesdays and alternate Saturdays, 
at 1.00 P.M. DueatDulutK, Wednesdays aad alternate Sundays, 
6.00 A. M. 

Leave DuIutK, Thursdays and alternate Mondays, at 9.00 P.M. 
Due at Portage Lake 1.00 P. M. ; leave Porta.ee La^ke, Houghton 
and Hancock, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays, at 5.00 P. M. Due at 
Marquette4.00 A. M. ; leave Ma^rquette, Saturdays and alternate 
Wednesdays, at 11.30 A. M. Due at Sault Ste. Marie 5.00 A. M ; leave 
Sa^vilt Ste. Marie, Sundays and alternate Thursdays, at 7.00 
A. M. Due at Mackinac Island 3.00 P. M. ; leave Ma^ckirvaLC 
Isla.nd, Sundays and alternate Thursdays at 5.30 P. M. Due at 
Detroit, 8.00 P. M. ; leave Detroit, Mondays and alternate Fridays, 
at iO.OO P. M. Due at Cleveland, 7.00 A. M. ; leave Cleveland, 
Tuesdays and alternate Saturdays, at 9.00 A. 31. Due at Erie 6.00 
P. M. ; leave £rie, Tuesdays and alternate Saturuays, at 11.00 P. M. 
Due at Buff a^Io, Wednesdays and alternate Sundays, 6.00 A. M. 

The fares are: return, Bviffa.Io and DvilutK, $50.00, this in- 
cluding stateroom and meals, or less than $4 00 a day. 



JOURNEY XCVI. Between 

BuffaLlo and ChicaLgo, touching at Cleve- 
lacnd, Detroit, MaLckina^c IsIaLnd, HaLrbor 
Springs aLnd Milwa^ukee, by the Inland 
Sea SteaLmships "North West" a^nd 
•* North Land," of the Northern Stean\- 
ship Co. Time of passa^ge, 64 hours. 
Two sailings bl week. 



1000 miles of little else than sea voyaging, the ships racing at the 
speed of transatlantic liners, with fittings and accommodations 
aboard equalling those of the finest "greyhound" between New York 
and England— that is this especial journey on the Great Lakes. 

What these two steamers " North West " and '' North Land " are 
may be seen from the fact that over a million dollars has been spent 
on each of them. A feature of these craft are their many parlor 
rooms fitted up with brass bedsteads, built this last year over what 
was the forward promenade deck. Travelers who want the cream 



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Water Exploring. 



of journeying hardly need to have it hinted to thera what such 
rooms mean en voyage. 

These great ships keep well away from the shore over a large part 
of their course, steaming out into the sea, at times a great distance 
from land, and scarcely io sight of it. They travel 22 miles an hour 
and in equipment and service offer high-priced hotel luxury. In 
length each is 386 feet. Capacity of each, over 500 passengers. Crew, 
18(5 men. 

Their course is across to the southern shore of Lake Erie from 
Buffalo ; thence across from Clevela^nd to Detroit ; up the 
Detroit and the St. Clair Rivers and through La^ke St. ClaLir ; in- 
to La^ke Hvirorv and through that great sheet of water ; turning 
westward finally and passing through the Stra.its of MaLckina-c, 
Then across La.ke MicKigaLrv to Mil-waLukee and down to 
CKicacgo. 

Sailings are Tuesdays and Saturdays from Bvjffalo, 10.15 P.M., 
and from CKicaLgo, Saturdays and' Wednesdays. 5.30 P. M. Fares 
are $13.50 single, S22.00 round trip between BuffaLlo and Chicago; 
Staterooms (according to location, etc. ), between these points, one 
wa\ $4.50 to $50.00. Some rooms are fitted out with bath and many 
conveniences practically unparalleled in steamship travel. 



JOURNEY XCVIl. Between 

Cleveland and Buffalo on the steamers 
of the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit 
Co., "City of Buffalo" and "City of 
Erie." One-night trips over Lake Erie. 






''Connecting while you sleep," has come to be the motto of this 
line, and it is an appropriate phrase. Buffalo is left at 8 P. M., and 
CIevela.rvd reached 6..30 A. M., and the same time card prevails on 
the run eastward. The fares are $2.50 single ; $4.50 round trip 
(berths, 75 cents to $1.25; staterooms, $1.75 and $2.00). Day boat, 
$1.50 each way. 



JOURNEY XCVIII. Between 

Detroit a.nd BuffaLlo by the Detroit e^nd 
BuffaLlo SteaLinboat Co. (Detroit a^nd 
Clevela^nd Naviga^tion Co.), steamers 
"Eastern States" and "Western States," 
connecting with the steamboat for Mack- 
2. Night trips. 



The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. 89 

In this and the three following journeys is told again the story of 
voyaging over the Great Lakes in the most modern of craft. This 
present line takes the traveler from the Great Lakes' most easterly 
point for continuous touring, BvjffaLlo on La^ke Erie, and in the 
course of a night carries him over the Lake into Detroit. 

This is a journey of 14 hours, made by the handsome boats, 
"Eastern States"' and ''Western States," side wheelers, 363 feet long 
and 60 feet breadth over guards, good for 21 to 23 miles an hour. 
They leave BviffsLlo at 5.30 P. M., getting into Detroit at 7.30 in 
the morning; and Detroit at 4.00 in the evening, arriving in Buffalo 
at 7.30 the following morning. The cost of the trip is $3.50 one waj', 
$6.50 round trip. Berths, $1.00 and $1.50. Stateroom, $2.50 ; with 
parlor and bath. $7.00 to $9.00. 



JOUR-NEY XCIX. Between 

Detroit and Clevelatnd by the boats of 
the La^ke Erie Division of the Detroit 
and Clevela^nd Na.viga.tion Co., "City of 
Detroit" a^nd "City of Cleveland." Night 
trips and a.lso day service. 



Kefer to Jovirney XCVIII. In this present Lake trip by night, 
Cleveland is steamed away from at 10.15 each evening, and De- 
troit at 10.30. The boats arrive at Detroit at 5.0O the next morning, 
and at ClevelaLnd at 5.30. The day service of this line is no less an 
excellent one ; 7jhours is taken to make the trip each way, and the 



^UL, 






OFl ^ I WD COASTS. 

boats leave either port at 9.30 in the morning. This is very nearly 
an "air line" route, and there are not many pleasanter on a summer 
or fall night. $1.00 i"^ the day fare. $1.50 that of the night trips 
Parlors cost $5.00; staterooms, $2.25; single berths, $1.00 each. 



Water Exploring. 



JOURNEY C. Clevela^nd to 

Put-in-Bay a^nd Toledo, steamers "State 
of New York" a^nd "State of Ohio," 
Cleveland-Toledo Line of the Detroit 
a^nd CleveloLnd Navigation Co. Two 
trips each way, ea.ch 24 hours, one da^y 
a^nd one night. 



Refer to Jovirney XCVIII. Another lake route of this same 
fleet. The service provides day boats from both Toledo and 
CIevela.nd for Pvit-in Bak.y. connecting at this island. Leaving 
Clevelarvd at 8.30 A. M., the tourist by changing steamers gets to 
Toledo at 7.00 P.M.; leaving Toledo at 9.15 A.M., gets to 
Cleveland?. 15 P.M. 

The ■' Sfate of New York " and the "■ State of Ohio '' carry on the 
night schedule of this division, with this schedule ; 10.00 P. M., from 
Clevela^rvd. arrive Toledo 6.30 A. M. ; 10.00 P. M. from Toledo 
arrive Clevela>.nd 6.30 A. M. 

Put-in Ba>.y is a somewhat remarkable summer resort, not 
unworthy as a sight. 



JOURNEY CI. Toledo a.nd 

Detroit, along the western shore of Lake 
Erie, through the Detroit Reiver, La^ke 
St. Cla.ir a.nd the St. Cla^ir Reiver, up 
into Lake Huron to Macckina-c IslaLnd, 
where boats for the GeorgiaLn Ba-y 
region ca-n be boa-rded. By the stea.m- 
ers *• City of Alpena " and " City ov Mack- 
inaLC," of the La^ke Huron Division of 
the Detroit a^nd Clevela-nd Navigation 
Co. Four trips weekly going north, and 
four so\ith. At Mackinacc IslaLnd there 
can also be ta^ken, these rxinning daLily, 
steamers for the famous "Soo." Also 
steaLn\ers for Lake MichigaLn, 



Refer to Journey XCVIII. One of the finest of lake trips, 
this journey to the northern extremity of La^ke Huron'leading 



The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. 91 

through a magnificent water territory, here very fully traversed; 
410 miles is the length of this water trip. Its greatest points of 
interest are in order. 

The summer colony life on the St. Clair flats, Lake St. Clair 
and the river to its north, Port Huron, Alpena, and SKe- 
boygan. The steamers run close to the shore all the way to the 
north. 

MackinaLC, whose scenery caps the climax even for the very 
beautiful and rugged shores of LaLke Hviron, is one of Nature's 
wonder places and the water gateway of an extraordinary region. 
Beyond it lie the "Soo" (Savilt Ste. Marie), the straits into 
Lake Superior, and over to the east Georgian Bay and its 
30.000 islands, perhaps more superb. But Mackirvac, first come 
upon of all, impresses as does no other. 

Here are forests such as you have to come far north to see ; 
rocks, cliffs and everywhere, this water end of the vkorld, much 
commercial traffic, a long procession of craft, moving ore and 
lumber, off from the frontier into the active cities. 

From MaLckinac stretch out many lines to Chicago and all 
points of Lake Michigan m^ to the westernmost ends of Lake 
Sviperior to Savilt Ste. Marie and the waters of GeorgidLi-v 
Bay. Mackinac is the " change steamers " for many a route. 

On this Toledo-Detroit-Mackina^c Line the expense of trav- 
eUng, roun trip, is : Fare, $8.00 ; stateroom, $2.00 to $3.00. Meals 
a la carte, at moderate prices. Boats leave Toledo Monday, 9.30 
A.M., arrive Mackinac Tuesday 8.30 P.M.; leave Tuesday 4.00 P.M., 
arrive Thursday 12.45 P.M. ; leave Thursday 4.00 P.M., arrive Sat- 
urday 12.45 P.M.; leave Saturday arrive Sunday 8.30 P.M. Return- 
ing, they leave Mackirvac 7.30 A.M. Monday, 7.30 A.M. Wednes- 
day, 2 P.M. Thursday, 2 P.M. Saturday. 

From MackinaLC each day at 9.00 A.M., local steamers cruise 
the "Soo," traversing the splendid St. MaLry's River by day- 
hght. 



JOURNEY CII. Between \ 

Detroit acnd Port Huron by steamers of ^ 
the White Line. Dacy trips. Short run. > 

Leave Detroit daily 8.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M. for Port Huron 
through Lake St. Clair and River St. Clair. 



92 



Water Exploring. 



</NyN>VA-^< 



JOURNEY cm. From Macki. 

nac Island to Les Cheneaux IsldLnds on 
Lake Huron shore. Short trip. By Arnold 
Line steaLmers. 



A local line of much beauty. 
A.M., 2 P.M., aiTi%e back 1.30 P.M. 



Leaves Mackinac 

6.00 P.M. 



daily 9.00 



JOUR.NEY CIV. To Sauh 

Ste. Ma.rie from Ma-ckinac Island, by the 
boats of the Arnold Transit Co. 



Daily tours along tbis islanded shore, starting from Ma^ck- 
irvac at 7.3) A.M. and 7.30 P.M. These small boats go so close to 
the'shore and so slowly that they offer fine trips. 



JOUR.NEY CV. Scenic tour 

over Georgia^n Ba^y among its ** 50,000" 
islands, fronv Mackinac Isla^nd or fron\ 
Collingwood, Ontario (connecting with 
Toronto by rail), by the bodLts of the 
Northern NaLvigattion Co., of Ontario, 
"City of Collingwood," "City of Mid- 
la^nd," "Majestic," "Atlantic" and "Ger- 
n\anic." Many different trips. A special 
round trip each Thursday by the " Ger- 
manic," IdLSting 7 days (through the sun\- 
mer), from Mackinac. On Fridays 
steamer "City of Collingwood" for the 
MaLnitoulin Isla^nds, Owen Sound a^nd 
Collingwood. 



Unfamiliar ground, though not ioaccessible. Can be reached by 
a short rail trip from Tororvto if preferred. An excellent plan 
would be to journey t© Mackinac Island (as detailed above), than 
to take one of these boats and return by way of Toronto. There 
are very many fine sightseeing points in this region. 



The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. 



98 



The steamers leave Sault Ste. Marie (arriving at Mackinac 
11 o'clock the next morumg, going over this inside route) Sundays, 
Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11.30 P M., for Owen 
Sound and Colling^vood. It is a three days' trip (one vray) 
made slowly and deliberately with many stops, as such a trip should 




THE INLET, FREEPORT, L. I. 

be. If the boat is taken from Mackinac it is but a two days* trip. 
The round trip, including meals and berth for the three days, costs 
$18. The special seven-day excursions alluded to above cost $30 
for everything. Parry Sound, a fine section, is on the seven-day 
excui-sion, but not on the shorter trip above. It should be visited 
by another steamer, from Collingw^ood, when that town is 
touched on the three-day trip. 



JOUR.NEY CVI. Tours over 

the Latke of Ba.ys, a. cha.in of Canadian 
lakes. 150 miles north of Toronto. 



A minor, yet very attractive lake and river system, quite exten- 
sively navigable. Boats of the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Naviga- 
tion Route ply over it. There are many little lakes passed over and 
the Muskoka River is sailed upon. 



94 



Wat 67' Exploring. 



JOUR.NEY CVII. Over the 

Muskoka La^kes, by the steaLiners of the 
Muskoka NaLVigaLtiorv Co. 



In the same region as Journey CVI. Reached by rail from 
Toronto. Boats start from Muskoka Wharf, Province of 
Ontario. 



JOURNEY CVIII. Over the 

Katwartha Lakes, Province of Ontario. 



This district is close to the two Canadian lake systems immediately 
above, and is best reached from Lakefield on the Grand Trunk 
Railway. All this is a land of great picturesqueness. 



JOURNEY CIX. Between 

Mackinac Island and Chicago by the 
steacn\er •*Manitou/' of the Manitou 
Steamship Co. A day and night trip. 



Lake Michigan offers several capital trips of itself, and this jour- 
ney from Chicago to romantic Mackinac is one of the best. 
Round trip by the "Manitou" $12, berths from $1 upward, 24 hours 
is the running time, a day and a night aboard. 

To Chicago the time card is : Leave Mackinac Island, Sun- 
days 6 P.M., Wednesdays 7.45 A.M., Fridays 11.45 A.M. Arrive 
Chicago, Mondays 6 P.M., Thursdays 8 A.M.; Saturdays noon. 



JOURNEY ex. Between Duluth 

a^nd Chicago by the boats of the La^ke 
Michigan and Latke Superior Transpor- 
tation Co., touching att MilwaLukee, 
Ma.ckinac IsldLnd a^nd Sauh Ste. Ma^rie. 



The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. 



95 



Covers the scenic features of these two Great Lakes most com- 
pletely. The tourist will find much of interest in the Pictured Rocks 
of Lake Superior en route. The fares by this line are : between 
Chicago and Duluth, $40 round trip (including meals and berth) ; 
between Mackinac Island and Chicago, $16 round trip; one trip 
a week, five days each way. The time table is : Leave Chicago 
Wednesday 8 P.M.: leave Sault Ste. Marie Saturday 8 A.M., 
arrive Duluth Monday 7 P.M.; leave DuIutK Wednesday 8 P.M.; 
lea'^e Sault Ste. Marie Saturday 8 A.M., arrive Chicago Monday 
6 A.M. 



JOURNEY 

Grand Haven, 
cago. Night. 



CXI. 

La.ke Michigan. 



Between 
for Chi- 



From Gra-nd Haverv to CKica.go daily at 9.00 P. M., connect- 
ing with the Grand Trunk System morning train from Detroit. 
arriving at Chica^go early next morning; by the steamers of the 
Goodrich Transportation Co. 



JOUR.NEY CXII. Between 

Chicago and Mackinac Island by the 
steamers of the Northern Michigan Trans- 
portattion Compa.ny. Twice a^ week. 
Night trips. 



Leave MackirvaLC Isla^nd, Mondays 8.00 P. M., Thursdays 9. 
P. M. Arrive Chica^go Wednesdays and Saturdays 6.30 A. M. 
Boats call at points on the eastern shore of La^ke MichigaLn. 



JOUR.NEY CXIII. Between 

Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Ocnd Mackinac 
Island. By the boasts of Hart's Green Bay 
Line. Twice a. week. Night trips. 



Leaves Ma^ckinaLC Isla^nd forJManistique, Escanabaand Green 
Bay ports on Thursdays at 6 P. M. and Sundays at 7.30 P. M. 



96 



Water Exploring. 



JOUR.NEY CXIV. Between 

SdLult Ste. Marie, Fort William and Port 
Arthur on the western shores of Lake 
Superior a^nd between SaLult Ste. Ma-rie 
and Owen Sound, Georgian Bay (Lake 
Huron). By the steamshipc of the Cana- 
dian Pacific R-a-ilwa^y Co. 



lieave Sa^vilt Ste. Marie every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, 
2.00 P.M., for Fort William and Port Arthur, and. by rail, Win- 
nipeg and the Ca.rva.dia.n Northwest. For Owen Sound, 

Mondays. Wednesdaj-s and Saturdays at noon. 



JOURNEY CXV. Between 

Sa^ult Ste. Marie and Port Arthur over 
Lake Superior, by the boats of the North- 
west Transportation Co. 



„These steamers leave Savilt Ste. Ma.rie Wednesdays and Sat- 
urdays for Port Arthur, 2.00 P. M. 



Circular Tours. 




PECONIC BAY, L. 1. 



Circular lm%. 



HE entire country east of the Mississippi R-iver 
mi^'ht be delightfully circumnavigated by water in 
several ways by he who would take the time. These 
would most decidedly be " circular tours," and sucli 
thoy have been named. They are feats for the 
genuine, bred-in- the- bone Water Explorer to carry 

through. Suggestions by the way of starting such trips are set down 

here. 
New York to New York, by the Mississippi River, 

steamer to New Orleans, steamer to St. Loviis, steamer to St. 

PsluI and Minneapolis, rail to DulvitK, steamer to B\iffaLlo, 



98 Water Exploring. 

rail to LeAviston, steamer to Toronto, steamer to Qviebec, 
steamer to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and Pictou, 
Nova Scotia ; steamer to HaLlifax, steamer to New York. 

It will be observed that there are only two '' breaks " or " gaps," 
making the railroad necessary in this "Circular Tour'' of many 
hundred miles, and these both short ones ; from Mir\r\ea.polis to 
Duluthv and from Bviffa.Io to Lewiston. 

Chica^go to CKicaLgo ; steamer to Duluth ; rail to Minne- 
aLpoIis and St. PslviI ; steamer down the Mississippi River 
to St. Loviis ; steamer to New Orleans ; steamer to New- 
York or Boston: steamer to Halifax and Pictou*; steamer to 
Quebec ; steamer to Toronto: steamer to Le'wistorv ; rail to 
Bvjffalo ; steamer to Chicago. 

Pittsbvirgh to Pittsburgh ; steamer to St. Louis ; then by 
water to Lewistorv (Lake Ontario, as in the CKicago ''Cir- 
cular Tour'" above), rail to Buffalo; steamer to Cleveland ; rail 
to Pittsburgh. 

It will again be noted that there are two "gaps," as before, in 
this second and third "Tour." 




Some Inland Journeys 



EW YORK STATE has two lakes of travel import- 

Nance — Lake George and Lake Cha>.mplain. 
There are others within her boundaries that have 
their own fascinations of scene and history. But 
none of them provide for extended trips afloat or 
are parts of some great transportation route. Just 
this latter are what George and CKampIain are. With the 
Hudson River (which see chapter "Up the Hudson") they make 
up an almost complete water tour from New York into Canada, 
to Montreal- And it happens by a wise provision of Nature that 



Some Inland Journeys. 99 

Lake George and Lake CKamplain not only fit in with the con- 
venience of the tourist but that they are each extraordinarily beauti- 
ful sheets of water, certain to bs journeyed to if they were beyond 
civilization's bounds. 



JOURNEY CXVI. Or Lake 

George between Caldwell and Baldwin, 
and Lake Champlain between Fort Ticon- 
deroga aLnd Pittsburgh. By the steamers 
of the Lake George Steamboat Co. a-nd 
ChatmplaLin Tra-nsporta-tion Co. 



One day's trip, all in all, the boats of these two lakes connecting 
by a short trip by rail. Three hours are spent on cruising up Lake 
George, nearly six in steaming up Champlain. Sucli a trip never 
gets tiresome, nevertheless. Too many interesting places are 
passed, too much histox-y and legend hangs over nearly every head- 
land and a tradition for substantially every cove. 

It must be remembered that this was Revolutionary territory, 
that these two lakes, and especially Champlain, saw much of the 
fighting, and in no small measi.re bore the brunt of the "Northern 
Campaign." At La.ke CKa.mplain's foot stands Fort Ticon- 
deroga, witness of many a memory There are shades about here 
of Ethan Allan and the Green Mountain Boys, and the Naval 
Battle on Chanrvplain has much more than a foot note in history. 
He who runs by these boats should read— what his forefathers did. 

TKe La^ke George steamers leave Caldwell at 3.40 P. M. 
and 9.30 A. M., reaching Baldwin at 7 05 P. M. and 12.30 noon. 
They return at 7 30 A. M. and 12.30 P. M., getting back to Caldwell 
at the lake's southern end at 10.50 A. M. and 4.15. The Cha^m- 
pla^in through boat connects with the boat that reaches the upper 
end of La^ke George at 12.30 noon, and steams away itself at 
1.10 P. M , landing at PlattsburgK, where the thi-ough trains are 
taken at 6.50. Leaving Plattsburgh each week-day morning at 7 
o'clock, it goes to Fort Ticonderoga at noon, transferring its 
travelers aboard the down La^ke George steamer that pulls out 
of her dock at 12.30, and is due at Caldwell 4.15 that afternoon. 

This trip of a day may as well be split into two tours as com- 
pressed into one. It is, in reahty, two distinct voyagings. 



Coswstwise SoutKwe^rd. 



NYWHERE to Anywhere might be consistently taken 

A as the motto of the Southern coast, which, with its intri- 
cate network of waterways, logically begins at Cape 
May. Innumerable steamboats, little and great, have 
to serve it, and it is to be noted that the directors of 
their companies grow sleeker and mount into the men-of- 
means class, and that each new boat is finer and better than the last 
that came from the shipyard. 

For the Southland, always a great country, is now a greater one, 
and in her new commercial phase she is enticing aboard her craft 
that steam along her shores— not alone freight but men and women 

that find these tours 
to Southern cities 
agreeable in the ex- 
treme. Nor is it only 
the immediate Atlantic 
coast that shares in 
this. Bermuda^., that 
near at hand British 
possession, finds itself 
increasing in tourist 
popularity. Cuba and 
Porto Rico are now 
commencing to attract 
travelers, and New 
OrleaLfYs, Ga.Ives- 
ton, and indeed the en- 
tire Gulf of Mexico, 
will have the Water Ex- 
plorer at their doors 
more than ever. 

A trip to the South 
from any of the North- 
ern ports has all the 
charm of an ocean 
voyage. There is often 
no land on the horizon. 
When there is, it is 
frequently but a barely 
distinguishable streak, 
formless, suggesting little of the country that is there. But with 
the Southern coasters this is never for long. The steamer lays a 




ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUCCESS, L. I. 
Courtesy of H. B. Fullcrton 



Coastwise Southward. 101 

little different course, and the land assumes distinct outlines. The 
shore now grows into a comprehensive picture. Now the vessel is 
.steaming^ up a bay, a sound or a strait that is many degrees nearer 
tropicallj' in vegetation than the land left behind. Soon the spires 
and warehouses of a Southern city come into view. One stage of 
that trip's cruising is over. 



JOURNEY CXVII. Between 

Ne\v York a-nd Newport News, Old Point 
Comfort, Norfolk and Portsmouth. A 
daily trip with the exception of Sunda.y. 
With connecting boats at Norfolk to 
Wa^shington, Richmond a^nd Baltimore. 
By the steamers of the Old Don\inion 
Stea-niship Co., "Jefferson," "Hamilton," 
"Princess Anne" a-nd " Ja^mestown." 



Steamers and tour correspond in name. It is veritably the " Old 
Dominion '" that this waterway leads the Explorer into, the region of 
the James River, where the first settlement in America was planted. 
As if this of itself were not enough, history seems to have centered 
there through all the years. The '' Old Dominion," that is to say, the 
State of Virginia, became well known before the country was a half 
century old as " the Mother of Presidents.'" Washington himself led 
the line of Virginians of the early days. 

Casting off from its New York dock (Pier 26, North River, foot of 
Beach street), at 3 P.M., whichever of the fleet of four craft it is that 
happens to be sailing that day, passes Romer Light at 4.10 and the 
Scotland Light Ship just outside the Lower Bay, 20 miles from 
the city, at 4.33. In the summei- months, the liner is facing Barne- 
gat, steadily ploughing forward, before the last touch of daylight is 
gone. If the traveler is out at 6 o'clock the next morning he will 
catch a ghmpse of Hog Island Light, and an hour later Cape 
Charles Lightship. Cape Henry is in plain sight and near at 
8 o'clock, and a landing made at Newport News at 9, Norfolk 
being reached at half past ten. 

Steamers leave Norfolk at 7 each week day evening, arriving at 
Pier 26, New^ York, at 2.15 the following afternoon, thus coming up 
the entire coast of Jersey by daylight. DelaL'wat.re Light Ship 
is, in fact, sighted at 5.50 A. M. and th3 Jersey Highlands at noon. 

During the afternoon of the day of arrival at Norfolk the con- 



102 Wafer Exploring. 

necting boats spoken of start along the inside water ways for the 
inland cities mentioned, Washington, Baltimore, and RicK- 
morvd. There is an interim of 4)4 hours, the start being made for 
these points at 3 P. M., to Washington along CKesapeake Bay 
and up the Potoma.c River on the steamers of the Norfolk and 
Washington, D. C. Steamboat Co. (boat also to be taken from 
Newport Ne\vs) ; to BaLltimore, over CKesa^peake Ba.y 
(also from Newport Ne'ws) on the steamers of the Baltimore 
Steam Paekt^t Co., or the steamers of the Chesapeake Steamship 
Co.; to RicKnnond up the James River on the Old Dominion 
Steamship Co's boat "Brandon." The "Brandon." however, only 
sails from Norfolk Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and train 
not until 7 P. M. Passengers can take the railroad to Richmond 
on other days, the train leaving at '6 o'clock. 

History, tradition, modern life, fill this region to overflowing. 
Newnort News is Old Poirvt Comfort, that famous resort. That 
is, all but the commercial and ship-building end of the place goes by 
that name. This is getting to be a great railroad and shipping 
centre. It has a third title, the official title of Fortress Monroe, 
and is the centre of a brilliant naval society. The waters immedi- 
ately about here are the Ha.mptorv R.oads. where Chesapeake 
Bay and the James River meet. It was in this spot that the battle 
of the " Monitor " and the " Merrimac''' was fought. Here, too, is 
the Hampton Institute for the instruction of colored and Indian 
youth that is solving the question of the negro's future. 

But only a small percentage of what is interestmg about the 
South"s "Old Dominion,"" concentrated in these few miles of water 
and land, can be set down. It should be added, however, that Old 
Point Comfort is a place of the greatest gayety. and that its 
great hotels, the Chamberlin and the Hygeia especially, are alone 
worth coming down to explore. 

Altogether, this is a trip that can hardly be left out of the Water 
Explorer's programme for this present and coming year. The 
steamer, New^ York to Norfolk or Old Point Comfort, round 
trip, is $13.00, including stateroom and meals. 



JOURNEY CXVIII. Between 

New York a^nd BsLltimore, by the stea^m- 
ers of the New York and Baltimore 
Transportaction Line. Three boats each 
way a week. 



Sailing from Pier 7 North River, New York, Tuesdays, Thursdays 
and Saturdays, 5 P. M.. Trip, 36 hours. 



Coastwise Southward. 



JOURNEY CXIX. Between 

Boston and Philadelphia^, by the boasts 
of the Boston and PhilaLdelphia Steam- 
ship Co. Three sailings each week. 



These boats leave Central Wharf. Boston, at 3 P. M. Tixesdays, 
Thursdays, Saturdays. Leave PKiladelphia for Boston, 3 P. M., 
Mondays, Wednesdays. Fridays. Fares, including berth in state- 
room and meals, S18.00 round trip. 



JOURNEY CXX. Between 

Philadelphia and Baltimore by the boats 
of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steam- 
boatt Co. A daily line. 



By way of the Delaware River and ChessLpeake Bay. 

Steamers leave PhiladelpKia each day at 5 P.M. 



JOURNEY CXXI. Between 

Washington. Old Point Comfort and Nor- 
folk, over the historic Potomac Reiver. 
Night journey. By steamers of the Nor- 
folk and Washington, D. C, Stea^miboat 
Co., "Newport News," "Norfolk" and 
"Washington." 



One hundred and ninety-five miles of touring over perhaps the 
most important river, historically, of America, with the National 
Capitol either the starting point or the destination. Traveling 
south, Washington is left at 6.30 in the evening (reaching Nor- 
folk 8 A.M.); traveling north, Norfolk is left at 6 P.M. and Wash- 
ington reached 6.50 in the early morning. Fare, each way, $3.00 ; 
staterooms, SLOO and upwards: meals a la carte. 

On the way these landmarks of note are passed : Mount Ver- 
non, Washington's tomb and his old home ; Wakefield, where 
Washington was born ; Indian Head, a Government proving ground 
for heavy ordnance : Acquia Creek and Mathias Point, where heavy 



104 



Welter Exploring. 



batteries were put up by the Confederates in the war of 40 jearsago. 
From these steamers one gets a good view of the Government 
Navy Yard close by Norfolk, of the many ships and the Roads 
great marine life. 

i JOUR.NEY CXXiL Between \ 

Baltimore, Old Point Comfort, Norfolk < 
and Portsmouth, by the "AlabaLma," 
" GeorgiaL*' a.nd " Tennessee," steamers of 
the Bay Line, Baltimore Stea.m Pa-cket 
Co. Night trips. Daily except Sundays. 



Hour of sailing from Baltimore is 6.30 P. ;M. from Ports- 
mouth. 5.50 P. M. Arrive in PortsrrvovjtK 8.20 A. M. ; in BaLlti- 
more 6.45 A.M. $3.00 single fare, $5.00 excursion; staterooms, 

$1.00 to $2.5J. 



JOUR.NEY CXXIII. Between 

Baltimore and Norfolk via Old Point 
Comfort, and between Baltimore s^nd 
Richmond via West Point, by the boats 
of the Chesapeake Steanvship Co. Two 
distinct night trips, sailed each week-doLy 



The first of these is: From Baltimore, 6.30 P.M.; to Old Point 
Comfort, 6.00 A.M.; to Norfolk, T.OO A.M. From Norfolk, 5.45 
P.M.; to Old Point Comfort, 6.45 P.M.; to Baltimore. T.OO A.M. 

The second trip is : From BaLltimore, 5 P.M.; to West Point, 
7.30 A.M.; to RicKmond, 9.15 A.M. From RicKmond, 4.30 
P.M.; to West Point, 5.45 P.M.; to Baltimore. 8.30 A.M. 




JOURNEY CXXIV. Between 

Richmond, Ja^mestown, Norfolk, New- 
port News, Old Point Comfort. By boasts 
of the Virginia Navigation Co. (Jatmes 
River Da^y Line), 10 hour day trips. Three 
da^ys aL week. 



Coastwise Southicard. 



105 



Tours of very great charm over the James River to and from 
RicKmond, Si. 50 and $2.50, single fare and round trip. Sail from 
Richmond Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 A.M., due Nor- 
folk 5.30 P.M. Sail from Norfolk Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 
7.00 A.M., due Richmond 5.30 P.M. 



< JOURNEY CXXV. Between \ 
3 Boston* Norfolk, Ne\vport News a^nd BslI- C 
/ timore. By the steaLmers of the Mer- b 

< chants' a.nd Miners' Transporta.tion Co. ? 
S Four trips a week. c 

The fleet of this company is as follows: "Alleghany," "Berkshire," 
"Chatham,'' "Dorchester," "Essex," "Gloucester," "Howard," 
"Hudson," "Itasca," "Jimiata," "Kershaw," "D. H. Miller," "Nan- 
tucket," "Texas," "New Orleans," "Powhatan." 

The company run five distinct lines along the Atlantic seaboard, 
of which this the Boston, Norfolk and Baltimore line has the most 
northerly destination. The other four lines foUow under the next 
four "Journeys." 

This despatches its boats from Boston (Battery Wharf), Mon- 
days, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays ; from BaLltimore 
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays. Excursion fare, S20. 



JOURNEY CXXVI. Between 

Providence, Norfolk, Newport News a^nd 
Ba-himore. By the steamers of the Mer- 
chants* and Miners' Transporta.tion Co. 
Three trips a. week. 



See Journey CXXV. first two paragraphs. 

This Providence. Norfolk and Baltimore line leaves Providervce, 
R. I., Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays; and Baltimore same days, 
both points at 6 P. M. Fares same as Journey CXXV. 




106 



Water Exploring. 



See Jovirney CXXV, first two paragraphs. 

Daily service each evening between these points, including Sunday. 
Fares with stateroom berth, without raeals, $5.00 round trip. The 
Norfolk and Baltimore line. 



JOUR.NEY CXXVIII. Between 

SaLvaLFinaLh aLnd Ba-ltimore. By the Mer- 
cha-nts* aLi\d Miners* Transportation Co. 
Three trips a week. 



See Journey CXXV, first two paragraphs. 

The Savannah and Baltimore line. Leaves Baltimore Tuesday, 
Thursday, Saturday. Returning leaves Savannah same day, 
$25.00 round trip. 



JOURNEY CXXIX. Between 

PhilaLdelphia. and SaLvaLnnah. By the 
SteaLmers of the Merchatnts' and Miners' 
Tra^nsportation Co. Two trips a week. 



See Journey CXXV, first two paragraphs. 

From PhiladelphiaL Tuesdays and Fridays; from SavannaK 
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Round trip fare $29. The Philadelphia 
and Savannah Line. 



JOURNEY CXXX. Between 

New York and Savannah (See Journey 
LIX, same Company, from Boston, con- 
nects with this). By the Savannah Line 
(Ocean Steamship Co.) 5 sailings a week. 



Sailings to this Southern port by this line are Tuesdays, Thursdays, 
and Sarurdays, from New Pier 35. foot of Spring street. New 
York, 5 o'clock P.M. The tieet comprises ''City of Savannah." 
"Kansas City,'' "• City of Birmingham," "City of Augusta.'' ''Tal- 
lahassee." " Chattahoochee," •' Nacoochee " A 50 to 60 hours voyage; 
f 20 one way, $32 round trip. 



Coastwise Southward 



107 



SavannaK, without being especially historic or reminiscent, is, a 
very entertaining Southern city to visit. 



JOURNEY CXXXI. Between 

New York aLnd Charleston, South Caro- 
lina, Jacksonville, Florida, and Wilming- 
ton, North Carolina. By the Clyde Line 
SteaLn\ships "Comanche," "Arapahoe," 
"Apatche" and "Iroquois." Tri-weekly 
sdLilings fron\ New York. Also direct 
semi-w^eekly steamer service to these 
points from Boston. 



This is one of the most direct and speedy lines to the South and 
Southwest. Its steamers leave Pier 45 North River, New York? 
near Christopher street ferry. Excursion fare to Jacksonville 
$4T.30, to Charleston S32. 




Into the heart of Florida, touching at Magnolia. Springs, 
Greerv Cove Springs and Palatka. Three trips a week. Fare 
$3.75 each way, including meals and stateroom berth. 




The Mallory fleet includes the steamers "Denver,'" "Concho," 
"Sabine," "Nueces,'" "Comal," "Lampasas," "Alamo," "San 
Marcos," "Colorado," "Rio Grande," and they sail from Piers 19, 
20, and 21, East River, New York. The proposed sailings of the 
season are : 



108 



Water Exploiting. 



Leave New York for GaLlveston, Texas, every Wednesday 
and Saturday, 3 P. M.; for Key West, Florida, every Saturday, 
3 P. M.; for Brvirvswick, Georgia, every Friday, 3 P. M. 

Tbe voyage to GaLlveston is six days in lengtti, and the excur- 
sion fare is $75. To Key West, Florida, the fare is S65 excur- 
sion. 



JOURNEY CXXXIV. Between 

Ne\v York and Tampa, and PensacolaL, 

Florida.. By the Atlaciitic a.nd Gulf 
Steamship Company. 

Another route to Florida. 



JOURNEY CXXXV. Between 

New York and New Orleans by the 
Cromwell Steamship Co. A 5}4 day trip. 
Comus," " Knicker- 
isiana." one sailing 



Boats " Proteus, 



bocker" and "Louisiana," one 
each Saturday afternoon from New York, 
Wednesday from New Orleans, connect- 
ing with the steamers "Chalmette" and 
"Excelsior" of the Southern Pacific- 
Morgan Line for Ha-va-na.. 



Ne^w Orleans yields to absolutely no other city in America as a 
spot for the sight-seeing tourist, with its French Quarter, French 
Market, curious cemeteries, churches and theatres. There is much 
old architecture standing as well. 

The Cromwell Line is the old line of coasters founded for the carry- 
ing trade fifry years, and its steamers hold their field to-day. 

Sailings are from Pier 34. North River, Tiew York, at 3.00 o'clock 
each Saturday, and from head of St. Louis Street, New Orleans, 
each Wednesday, 9 A. M. 

'1 

JOUR.NEY CXXXVI. Between " 

New^ York and New Orleans, By the 
steamers of the Morgan Line. Three 
sailings a. w^eek. 



Coastwise Southward 



109 



Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are the sailing days for this sec- 
ond line of New Orlea.ns— New York boats. Pier foot of 
North Moore Street. North Fiver, New York. 




110 Water Exploring 

A SAIL OF SIXTY MILES 

on the historic Hudson with its ever 
changing scenery, and its shore-lined 
mountains of surpassing grandeur to 
the Northern Gateway of the Highlands. 

POPULAR TRIPS 



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CENTRAL-HUDSON STEAMERS 

WEST POINT COLD SPRING CORNWALL 

NEWBURGH, FISHKILL, and the 

New Resort on the Summit of Mt. Beacon 

WILBUR H. WESTON, President, Newburgfh, N. Y. 
W. W. HEROY, EVERETT E. WILLIS, 

City Passenerer A.grent, General Passenger Agent. 

Pier 24, N. R., New York City. Newburgh, N. Y. 

SEE TRIP VI, PAGE 20. 



Advertisements 111 

Entertaining Beyond Comparison 



ISLAND 



yr" TTRACTIONS from all parts the world. Inter- 

/ \ esting novelties. A band of wild riders and 

J^\\ steer catchers from the Plains of Mexico. 

(s Grand concerts, magnificent foliage, rare 

plants, horticultural wonders, unequaled menagerie, 

museum and aquarium. ALL FREE. Delightful sail 

on swift steamers. Glen Island Clambake. Dinners 

a la Carte. "Klein Deutschland." The Dairy. Boating, 

Bathing, Bowling, Billiards, Fishing. 

Time Table.— Steamers Leave: 

Cortlandt Street Pier, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00 A. M., 12.00 M., 
1.30, 2.30, 3.45. 5.15 P. M. 

Bridge Dock. Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, 9.20, 10 20, 
11.20 A. M., 12.20, 1.50, 2.50, 4.00 P. M. 

East 32d Street, 9.45, 10.45, 11.45 A. M., 12.45, 2.15, 
3.15, 4.30, 5.45 P. M. 

Leave Glen Island 11.00 A. M. for 32d Street and Cort- 
landt Street, 12.00 M. and i.oo P. M. for Cortlandt Street 
only, 3.00. 5.00, 6,00, 7.00 and 8.00 P. M. for all landings. 

Frequent extra boats on Sundays and Holidays. 

Excursion, 40 Cents. 

Including admission to all attractions. 

(See Journey XXI— Page 32). 



112 Water Exploring. 

Kontauk Steamboat Go. 

(LIMITED; 

Orient. Greenport, Shelter Island, Southold 

and Sag Harbor, LONG ISLAND 

and Block Island, R. I. 



FAST STEAMERS MODERN APPOINTMENTS 



Steamers will leave New York, Pier 13, East River, 

near foot Wall Street, week days, except Saturdays, at 
5.30 p. M. On Saturdays at i.oo p. m. The steamers 
leaving on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will not 
stop at Southold. 

Additional Service to Block Island. — On Satur- 
days, during July and August, one of the steamers of the 
Montauk Steamboat Company's line will connect at 
Montauk, L. I., with Long Island R. R. train No. 187, 
leaving New York, 34th Street, East River, 1.20 p. m.; 
Pier 13, near foot Wall Street, at i.oo p. m.; Flatbush 
Avenue, Brooklyn, at 1.19 p. m., arriving at Block 
Island at 7.00 p. m. 

On Mondays the steamer Shinnecock will leave Pier 
13, East River, at 8.00 a. m.; returning leave Sag Harbor 
at 5.00 p. m. Excursion tickets (good only on date sold), 
going and returning by boat, $2.00. Going by boat and 
returning by Long Island R. R. same day, $3.00. 



Greenwood Cake. 



B\ M '.iLenwood Lake Division of the Erie 
Railroad the resident of New York City is 
enabled in less than two hours to exchange 
the turmoil, noise and smells of a super- 
heated and nerve-distracting city for the 
quiet beauty and cool, delicious, forest-scented air of a 
1)eautiful sheet of water ten miles in length, situated 
i,ooo feet above >s>. the ocean, and 

surrounded by ^ ^^^ ^^ mountains still 

wearing their >^^|^H^pv primeval verdure, 
it is the nearest ^M ^ ■ 1 1 *||^ ^^^® ^ ^^^ ^^ Swit- 
/-erlaud of anv X^.l'llll'^ • thing within a 

New York, and 
has been promptly 
during the heated 



any 

day's journey of 
naturally enouc^ii 
utilized as a res( ■ 



season. Fed by t(»i tsL siieanih, it> waters are of crystal- 
line purity, and in some places of unknown depth. 
Hlack bass are taken in large quantities, but frequent 
restocking keeps up the supply, while speckled trout 
abound in the many brooks in the vicinity. Despite the 
erection of many expensive private cottages, and a large 
numl^er of hotels and boarding houses, much of the wil- 
derness in the vicinity of the lake remains unsubdued, 
and the charms of nature are still to be enjoyed in 
their pristine beauty. A number of hotels pay especial 
attention to fishermen. Hunting is good in the moun- 
tains, partridges being the game most frequently bagged. 
The roads are first class, and there are many pleasant 
(liivt in lining those to Sterling Lake, r ^ ter, etc. 



D. W. COOKC, 
General Passenger Agent. Nei^ York. 





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The Palace Iron Steamers 
^ALBANY '' of tb 

Day Line, 
DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY. 
Leave New York, Desbrosses St., 8.40 A. M. 

New York, West 33d St., N. R., 9.00 A. Ml 
New York, West 129th St., N. R., 9.15 A. M. 
Albany, Hamilton St., 8.30 A. M. 

THE ATTRACTIVE ROUTE FOR SUMMER 
PLEASURE TRAVEL TO AND FROM 

The Thousand Islands and St. Lawrence River. 
The Catskill Mountains. 

Saratoga and the Adirondacks. 

Hotel Champlain and the North. 
Niagara Falls and the West. 



I TS VIA DAY LINE ARE ON SALE 
AT ALL OFFICi: 



A trip on one of thes 
cam in the country 

• ■] -rr. ;;, Vu- ni...;t , 



amers on the n( 1 
' ractions. Thtv 



•' • ■ :',; an uum' ' • ■ -l -'■■."' • 
. !<«r which tl,. II;..'...:,:."'-' 

THROUGH TICKF'I ^^ - ' to all points, and baKV 
■ eked to destination 

Send 6 cents for copy of **Summer Excursion Book" 

f\ B. HIBBARD, E. E. OLCOTT. 

' icnermi Passenxer Ageat Oeaeral Maa^g0r. 

Desbrosses Street Pier, New York, 



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